r4.16xlargevsr5.16xlarge

r5.16xlarge is 5% cheaper than r4.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $163.52 a month.

At a glancer4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
On-demand$4.256/hr$4.032/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.8698/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4179/hr52% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 488 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr4.16xlarger5.16xlarger5.16xlarge vs r4.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.256$4.032▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.869890% off$0.4179▼ 52%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.68837% off$2.54▼ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.83257% off$1.742▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.09128% off$2.921▼ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment51% off$2.10648% off$2.103Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r4.16xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
25% higher
Where r5.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.032 vs $4.256 per hour
5% cheaper
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)512 vs 488
5% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU201256
Memory1 of 1 differr4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)488512
Networking2 of 8 differr4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps20 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage9 of 11 differr4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput12000 Mbps13600 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS75,00060,000
EBS max IOPS75,00060,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differr4.16xlarger5.16xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r4.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr4.16xlarger5.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.256$4.032▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.256$4.032▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.256$4.032▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.384$4.16▼ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.672$4.416▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.742$4.512▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.742$4.48▼ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.992$4.736▼ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.992$4.736▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.107$4.832▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$5.107$4.832▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$5.12$4.864▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.12$4.864▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.12$4.864▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.12$4.864▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.122$4.864▼ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$8.96$6.432▼ 28%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.