r5.4xlargevsr5dn.4xlarge

r5.4xlarge is 25% cheaper than r5dn.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $239.44 a month.

At a glancer5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
On-demand$1.008/hr25% less$1.336/hr
Lowest rate$0.3326/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.4385/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge vs r5.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.008$1.336▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.332667% off$0.4385▲ 32%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.63537% off$0.842▲ 33%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.43559% off$0.544▲ 25%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.7328% off$0.968▲ 33%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.52653% off$0.625▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.008 vs $1.336 per hour
25% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where r5dn.4xlarge leads
Network baseline16.25 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
3.3× higher

Specs

12 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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 Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
ECU70–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps16.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage4 of 12 differr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput4750 Mbps2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75018,750
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
Familyr5r5dn
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
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 r5.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.4xlarger5dn.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.008$1.336▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.008$1.336▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.008$1.336▲ 33%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.072$1.416▲ 32%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.128$1.488▲ 32%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.184$1.568▲ 32%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.184$1.568▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.208$1.632▲ 35%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.208$1.608▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.208$1.608▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.216$1.592▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.216$1.60▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.216$1.624▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.216$1.592▲ 31%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.344$1.768▲ 32%

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