r8gn.medium vs x8g.medium

Instance Typer8gn.mediumx8g.medium
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
medium – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gn.12xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8gn.24xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8gn.48xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8gn.8xlarge, r8gn.large, r8gn.medium, r8gn.metal-24xl, r8gn.metal-48xl, r8gn.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Variantsr8a.medium, r8g.medium, r8gb.medium, r8gd.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth760 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput95 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.20x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8gn.medium
x8g.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1112
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1172
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1366
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.0977
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09110.0977
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09110.0977
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