r5.2xlargevsr6i.2xlarge

r5.2xlarge and r6i.2xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.504 per hour.

At a glancer5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.504/hr$0.504/hr
Lowest rate$0.1297/hr56% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.2977/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice 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.

Optionr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarger6i.2xlarge vs r5.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.504$0.504Same
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.129741% off$0.2977▲ 130%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.31834% off$0.3334▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.21855% off$0.2286▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.36528% off$0.3651Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.26348% off$0.2629Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where r6i.2xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

15 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU37–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 11 differr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4750 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
Familyr5r6i
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.

Regionr5.2xlarger6i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.504$0.504Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.504$0.504Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.504$0.504Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.52$0.52Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.52$0.52Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.536$0.536Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.552$0.552Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.552$0.552Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.56$0.56Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.564$0.564Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.592$0.592Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.592$0.592Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.592$0.592Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.592$0.5922Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.604$0.604Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.604$0.604Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.604$0.604Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.608$0.608Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.608$0.608Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.608$0.608Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.608$0.608Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.608$0.608Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.62$0.6204Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.62$0.6204Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.668$0.668Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.669$0.6688Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.672$0.672Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.804$0.804Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r5.2xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
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Compare r6i.2xlarge with

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