r5.metalvsr5dn.metal

r5.metal is 25% cheaper than r5dn.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,436.64 a month.

At a glancer5.metalr5dn.metal
On-demand$6.048/hr25% less$8.016/hr
Lowest rate$1.307/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.272/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.metalr5dn.metalr5dn.metal vs r5.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$6.048$8.016▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$1.30784% off$1.272▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.8137% off$5.05▲ 33%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$2.61359% off$3.264▲ 25%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$4.38228% off$5.808▲ 33%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$3.15553% off$3.749▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.metal leads
On-demand price$6.048 vs $8.016 per hour
25% cheaper
Where r5dn.metal leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× higher

Specs

11 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differr5.metalr5dn.metal
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
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
ECU347–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.metalr5dn.metal
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking4 of 8 differr5.metalr5dn.metal
Network25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage3 of 12 differr5.metalr5dn.metal
StorageEBS only4 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–4 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput19000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details1 of 9 differr5.metalr5dn.metal
Familyr5r5dn
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr5.metalr5dn.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.048$8.016▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.048$8.016▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.048$8.016▲ 33%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$6.432$8.496▲ 32%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.768$8.928▲ 32%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$7.104$9.408▲ 32%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$7.104$9.408▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.248$9.792▲ 35%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$7.248$9.648▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$7.248$9.648▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.296$9.552▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.296$9.60▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.296$9.744▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.296$9.552▲ 31%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$8.064$10.608▲ 32%

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