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Introducing Amazon EC2 R8idn and R8idb instances

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This article announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 R8idn and R8idb instances, powered by custom sixth generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and AWS Nitro cards.

  • 43% better compute performance per vCPU compared to R6in instances
  • R8idn: up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth and 22,800 GB local NVMe storage
  • R8idb: up to 300 Gbps EBS bandwidth and 1,440K IOPS
  • R8idn ideal for in-memory databases, real-time analytics, distributed caching
  • R8idb ideal for commercial databases, file systems, enterprise analytics
  • Available in US East, US West, and Europe regions
  • Offered via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot instances

AWS introduces high-performance memory-optimized instances with industry-leading network and storage capabilities for demanding enterprise workloads.



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