Announcing New EC2 R8a Memory-Optimized Instances

AWS is announcing the general availability of new memory-optimized Amazon EC2 R8a instances. R8a instances, feature 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly code named Turin) with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz, deliver up to 30% higher performance, and up to 19% better price-performance compared to R7a instances. R8a instances deliver 45% more memory bandwidth compared to R7a instances, making these instances ideal for latency sensitive workloads. Compared to Amazon EC2 R7a instances, R8a instances provide up to 60% faster performance for GroovyJVM, allowing higher request throughput and better response times for business-critical applications. Built on the [AWS Nitro System](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/) using sixth generation Nitro Cards, R8a instances are ideal for high performance, memory-intensive workloads, such as SQL and NoSQL databases, distributed web scale in-memory caches, in-memory databases, real-time big data analytics, and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) applications. R8a instances offer 12 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes. Amazon EC2 R8a instances are SAP-certified, and providing 38% more SAPS compared to R7a instances. R8a instances are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon) regions. To get started, sign in to the [AWS Management Console](https://us-east-2.signin.aws.amazon.com/oauth?client%5Fid=arn%3Aaws%3Asignin%3A%3A%3Aconsole%2Fcanvas&code%5Fchallenge=HY7MTd3RHBGxdmVpBrF6HsZQi2jnpthhoJoFiRqS6gw&code%5Fchallenge%5Fmethod=SHA-256&response%5Ftype=code&redirect%5Furi=https%3A%2F%2Fconsole.aws.amazon.com%2Fconsole%2Fhome%3FhashArgs%3D%2523%26isauthcode%3Dtrue%26state%3DhashArgsFromTB%5Fus-east-2%5Fdf905b13f6c6c171). Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information visit the Amazon EC2 [R8a instance page](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/r8a).