r5.xlargevsr6i.xlarge

r5.xlarge and r6i.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.252 per hour.

At a glancer5.xlarger6i.xlarge
On-demand$0.252/hr$0.252/hr
Lowest rate$0.0569/hr66% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1655/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger6i.xlarger6i.xlarge vs r5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.252$0.252Same
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.056934% off$0.1655▲ 191%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.15934% off$0.1667▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.10955% off$0.1143▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.18328% off$0.1826Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.13148% off$0.1315Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where r6i.xlarge 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

15 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differr5.xlarger6i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU19–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.xlarger6i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differr5.xlarger6i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 11 differr5.xlarger6i.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4750 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.xlarger6i.xlarge
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.xlarger6i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.252$0.252Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.252$0.252Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.252$0.252Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.26$0.26Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.26$0.26Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.268$0.268Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.276$0.276Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.276$0.276Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.28$0.28Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.282$0.282Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.296$0.296Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.296$0.296Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.296$0.296Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.296$0.2961Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.302$0.302Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.302$0.302Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.302$0.302Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.304$0.304Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.304$0.304Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.304$0.304Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.304$0.304Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.304$0.304Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.31$0.3102Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.31$0.3102Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.334$0.334Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.334$0.3344Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.336$0.336Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.402$0.402Same

Keep exploring

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

r5.xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
r5.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

Compare r5.xlarge with

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r6i.xlargeMemory optimized, r6i family
r6i.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare r6i.xlarge with

c6i.xlargem6i.xlarger6g.xlarger6id.xlarger6a.xlarger6idn.xlarger6in.xlarger7i.xlarge

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