r4.largevsr5.large

r5.large is 5% cheaper than r4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $5.11 a month.

At a glancer4.larger5.large
On-demand$0.133/hr$0.126/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.0353/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0364/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger5.larger5.large vs r4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.133$0.126▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$0.035371% off$0.0364▲ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.08437% off$0.079▼ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.057257% off$0.054▼ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.096628% off$0.091▼ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment51% off$0.065848% off$0.066Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r4.large leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where r5.large leads
On-demand price$0.126 vs $0.133 per hour
5% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 425 Mbps
11.2× higher
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)16 vs 15.25
5% higher

Specs

18 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr4.larger5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU810
Memory1 of 1 differr4.larger5.large
Memory (GiB)15.2516
NetworkingAll 8 matchr4.larger5.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage9 of 11 differr4.larger5.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput400 MbpsUp to 4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth425 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth425 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput53.125 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput53.125 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,0003,600
EBS max IOPS3,00018,750
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details3 of 10 differr4.larger5.large
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r4.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr4.larger5.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.133$0.126▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.133$0.126▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.133$0.126▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.137$0.13▼ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.146$0.138▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1482$0.141▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1482$0.14▼ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.156$0.148▼ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.156$0.148▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1596$0.151▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1596$0.151▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1601$0.152▼ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.28$0.201▼ 28%

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