r4.4xlargevsr5.4xlarge

r5.4xlarge is 5% cheaper than r4.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $40.88 a month.

At a glancer4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
On-demand$1.064/hr$1.008/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.3079/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.3326/hrSpot, can be interrupted
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. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr4.4xlarger5.4xlarger5.4xlarge vs r4.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.064$1.008▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.307967% off$0.3326▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.67237% off$0.635▼ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.457957% off$0.435▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.772828% off$0.73▼ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment51% off$0.526648% off$0.526Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r4.4xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where r5.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.008 vs $1.064 per hour
5% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 3,500 Mbps
36% higher
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)128 vs 122
5% higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU5870
Memory1 of 1 differr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)122128
NetworkingAll 8 matchr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 11 differr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput3000 Mbps4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,500 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,500 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput437.5 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput437.5 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75018,750
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r4.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr4.4xlarger5.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.064$1.008▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.064$1.008▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.064$1.008▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.096$1.04▼ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.168$1.104▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.186$1.128▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.186$1.12▼ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.248$1.184▼ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.248$1.184▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.277$1.208▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.277$1.208▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.28$1.216▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.28$1.216▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.28$1.216▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.28$1.216▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.28$1.216▼ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.24$1.608▼ 28%

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