r6i.metalvsr6in.metal

r6i.metal is 28% cheaper than r6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,257.96 a month.

At a glancer6i.metalr6in.metal
On-demand$8.064/hr28% less$11.157/hr
Lowest rate$1.644/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.209/hr26% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr6i.metalr6in.metalr6in.metal vs r6i.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$8.064$11.157▲ 38%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$1.64489% off$1.209▼ 26%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$5.33437% off$7.029▲ 32%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$3.65860% off$4.517▲ 24%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$5.84228% off$8.083▲ 38%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$4.20753% off$5.205▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6i.metal leads
On-demand price$8.064 vs $11.157 per hour
28% cheaper
Where r6in.metal leads
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
8× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

13 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchr6i.metalr6in.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6i.metalr6in.metal
Memory (GiB)1,0241,024
Networking5 of 9 differr6i.metalr6in.metal
Network50000 Megabit200000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps400 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards–2
Storage7 of 11 differr6i.metalr6in.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps100000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS160,000400,000
EBS max IOPS160,000400,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details1 of 9 differr6i.metalr6in.metal
Familyr6ir6in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6i.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6i.metalr6in.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.064$11.157▲ 38%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.064$11.157▲ 38%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.064$11.157▲ 38%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.576$11.906▲ 39%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.832$12.205▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.024$12.505▲ 39%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.472$13.104▲ 38%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.664$13.553▲ 40%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$9.664$13.403▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.728$13.329▲ 37%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.728$13.553▲ 39%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.728$13.329▲ 37%

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