r5.largevsr6i.large

r5.large and r6i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.126 per hour.

At a glancer5.larger6i.large
On-demand$0.126/hr$0.126/hr
Lowest rate$0.0364/hr19% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0449/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger6i.larger6i.large vs r5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.126$0.126Same
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.036464% off$0.0449▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.07934% off$0.0833▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.05455% off$0.0572▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.09128% off$0.0913Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.06648% off$0.0657Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where r6i.large leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differr5.larger6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.larger6i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differr5.larger6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage4 of 11 differr5.larger6i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4750 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.larger6i.large
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.larger6i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.126$0.126Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.126$0.126Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.126$0.126Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.13$0.13Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.13$0.13Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.134$0.134Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.138$0.138Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.138$0.138Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.14$0.14Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.141$0.141Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.148$0.148Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.148$0.148Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.148$0.148Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.148$0.148Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.151$0.151Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.151$0.151Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.151$0.151Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.152$0.152Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.152$0.152Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.152$0.152Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.152$0.152Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.152$0.152Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.155$0.1551Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.155$0.1551Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.167$0.167Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.167$0.1672Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.168$0.168Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.201$0.201Same

Keep exploring

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

r5.largeMemory optimized, r5 family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.