r4.xlargevsr5.xlarge

r5.xlarge is 5% cheaper than r4.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10.22 a month.

At a glancer4.xlarger5.xlarge
On-demand$0.266/hr$0.252/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.0804/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0569/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger5.xlarger5.xlarge vs r4.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.266$0.252▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.080477% off$0.0569▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.16837% off$0.159▼ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.114557% off$0.109▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.193227% off$0.183▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.131748% off$0.131▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r4.xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where r5.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.252 vs $0.266 per hour
5% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 850 Mbps
5.6× higher
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)32 vs 30.5
5% higher

Specs

18 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr4.xlarger5.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU1619
Memory1 of 1 differr4.xlarger5.xlarge
Memory (GiB)30.532
NetworkingAll 8 matchr4.xlarger5.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage8 of 11 differr4.xlarger5.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput800 MbpsUp to 4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth850 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput106.25 MB/s143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput106.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS6,00018,750
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differr4.xlarger5.xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr4.xlarger5.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.266$0.252▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.266$0.252▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.266$0.252▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.274$0.26▼ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.292$0.276▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.2964$0.282▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.2964$0.28▼ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.312$0.296▼ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.312$0.296▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.3192$0.302▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.3192$0.302▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.32$0.304▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.32$0.304▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.32$0.304▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.32$0.304▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.3201$0.304▼ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.56$0.402▼ 28%

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