r5.2xlargevsr5b.2xlarge

r5.2xlarge is 15% cheaper than r5b.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $67.16 a month.

At a glancer5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
On-demand$0.504/hr15% less$0.596/hr
Lowest rate$0.1297/hr41% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.22/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
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.

Optionr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarger5b.2xlarge vs r5.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.504$0.596▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.129763% off$0.22▲ 70%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.31837% off$0.3755▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.21859% off$0.2414▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.36528% off$0.4318▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.26353% off$0.2781▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.504 vs $0.596 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r5b.2xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS43,333 vs 18,750
2.3× higher

Specs

11 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 11 differr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU37–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 8 matchr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4750 MbpsUp to 12.5 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00021,667
EBS max IOPS18,75043,333
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
Familyr5r5b
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.2xlarger5b.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.504$0.596▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.504$0.596▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.504$0.596▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.536$0.6318▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.552$0.652▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.564$0.668▲ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.592$0.7▲ 18%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.592$0.7▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.604$0.724▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.608$0.712▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.608$0.712▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.608$0.724▲ 19%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.608$0.712▲ 17%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.804$0.948▲ 18%

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