cache.r6g.16xlargevscache.r7g.16xlarge

cache.r6g.16xlarge is 6% cheaper than cache.r7g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $302.22 a month.

At a glancecache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
On-demand$6.567/hr6% less$6.981/hr
Lowest rate$3.405/hr6% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$3.63/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 419.09 GiB64 vCPUs, 419.09 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioncache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge vs cache.r6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.567$6.981▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$4.48232% off$4.747▲ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$3.40548% off$3.63▲ 7%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.r6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.567 vs $6.981 per hour
6% cheaper
Where cache.r7g.16xlarge leads
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

7 of 16 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differcache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchcache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)419.09419.09
Networking3 of 3 differcache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Instance details2 of 4 differcache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor102.4128
Other1 of 1 differcache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.16xlarger7g.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.r6g.16xlarge first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.r6g.16xlargecache.r7g.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.567$6.981▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.567$6.981▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.567$6.981▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.567$6.981▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$6.693$7.115▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$6.693$7.115▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$6.749$7.175▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.749$7.174▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$6.895$7.33▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$6.949$7.387▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$7.087$7.533▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$7.174$7.626▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$7.174$7.626▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$7.327$7.789▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$7.327$7.789▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$7.665$8.148▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$7.665$8.148▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$7.69$8.175▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$7.693$8.178▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.862$8.358▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$7.862$8.357▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$7.862$8.357▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$7.874$8.37▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$7.874$8.37▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$7.874$8.38▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.874$8.371▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.874$8.37▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.874$8.37▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.904$8.402▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$8.268$8.789▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$8.648$9.193▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$8.668$9.278▲ 7%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$8.694$9.242▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$13.133$13.961▲ 6%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

cache.r6g.16xlargeMemory optimized, r6g family
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