db.r4.4xlargevsdb.r5.4xlarge

db.r4.4xlarge and db.r5.4xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $2.216 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
On-demand$2.216/hr$2.216/hr
Size16 vCPUs, 122 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge vs db.r4.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.216$2.216Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.4xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5.4xlarge leads
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)128 vs 122
5% higher

Specs

7 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHzUp to 3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)122128
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Hardware Basisr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r4.4xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.216$2.216Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.216$2.216Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.216$2.216Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.448$2.448Same

Keep exploring

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

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Amazon DocumentDB Standard storage prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.