cache.r7g.largevscache.r8g.large

cache.r7g.large is 0% cheaper than cache.r8g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.37 a month.

At a glancecache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
On-demand$0.219/hr0% less$0.2195/hr
Lowest rate$0.114/hr0% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1141/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 13.07 GiB2 vCPUs, 14.18 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.r7g.largecache.r8g.largecache.r8g.large vs cache.r7g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.219$0.2195Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$0.14932% off$0.1493Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.11448% off$0.1141Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.r7g.large leads
On-demand price$0.219 vs $0.2195 per hour
0% cheaper
Where cache.r8g.large leads
Memory (GiB)14.18 vs 13.07
8% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

5 of 16 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differcache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differcache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
Memory (GiB)13.0714.18
NetworkingAll 3 matchcache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
NetworkUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Instance details2 of 4 differcache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
Familyr7gr8g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3.24
Other1 of 1 differcache.r7g.largecache.r8g.large
Hardware Basisr7g.larger8g.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.r7g.large first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.r7g.largecache.r8g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.219$0.2195Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.219$0.2195Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.219$0.2438▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.219$0.2195Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.2232$0.225▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.224$0.1904▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.224$0.225Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.225$0.1913▼ 15%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.23$0.2304Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.231$0.2333▲ 1%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.2381$0.2403▲ 1%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.239$0.2403▲ 1%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.243$0.2455▲ 1%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.244$0.2454▲ 1%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.2551$0.2571▲ 1%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.2551$0.2577▲ 1%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.256$0.2577▲ 1%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.2615$0.263▲ 1%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.2615$0.2629▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.262$0.2647▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.2626$0.2647▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.2626$0.263Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.2629$0.2647▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.263$0.2647▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.263$0.263Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.263$0.2647▲ 1%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.263$0.2647▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2762$0.2761Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.287$0.2909▲ 1%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.2888$0.2911▲ 1%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.2914$0.2926Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.436$0.3492▼ 20%

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