r5d.4xlargevsr6id.4xlarge

r5d.4xlarge is 5% cheaper than r6id.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $42.05 a month.

At a glancer5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
On-demand$1.152/hr5% less$1.21/hr
Lowest rate$0.4632/hr37% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7393/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarger6id.4xlarge vs r5d.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.152$1.21▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted60% off$0.463239% off$0.7393▲ 60%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.72637% off$0.7602▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.49857% off$0.5227▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.83627% off$0.8776▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.59349% off$0.6214▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5d.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.152 vs $1.21 per hour
5% cheaper
Where r6id.4xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network baseline6.25 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

19 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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
ECU70–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline5 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 300 GB SSD1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75020,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2526
Instance details2 of 10 differr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlarge
Familyr5dr6id
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 r5d.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5d.4xlarger6id.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.152$1.21▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.152$1.21▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.152$1.21▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.208$1.269▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.28$1.344▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$1.28$1.344▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$1.344$1.411▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.352$1.42▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.384$1.454▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.384$1.454▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.384$1.453▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.392$1.462▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.392$1.392Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.392$1.462▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.52$1.596▲ 5%

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