r5d.metalvsr6id.metal

r5d.metal is 29% cheaper than r6id.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,018.30 a month. Per vCPU, r5d.metal costs 5% less.

At a glancer5d.metalr6id.metal
On-demand$6.912/hr29% less$9.677/hr
Lowest rate$2.184/hr76% lessSpot, can be interrupted$9.054/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 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.metalr6id.metalr6id.metal vs r5d.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$6.912$9.677▲ 40%
SpotCan be interrupted68% off$2.1846% off$9.054▲ 314%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$4.35537% off$6.082▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$2.98657% off$4.182▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$5.01727% off$7.021▲ 40%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$3.55949% off$4.971▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5d.metal leads
On-demand price$6.912 vs $9.677 per hour
29% cheaper
Where r6id.metal leads
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline50 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
2× higher
vCPUs128 vs 96
33% higher
Memory (GiB)1,024 vs 768
33% higher

Specs

22 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differr5d.metalr6id.metal
vCPUs96128
Physical cores4864
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
ECU347–
Memory1 of 1 differr5d.metalr6id.metal
Memory (GiB)7681,024
Networking4 of 8 differr5d.metalr6id.metal
Network25 Gigabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage9 of 12 differr5d.metalr6id.metal
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput12000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000160,000
EBS max IOPS80,000160,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differr5d.metalr6id.metal
Familyr5dr6id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192256
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5d.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5d.metalr6id.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.912$9.677▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.912$9.677▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.912$9.677▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$7.248$10.15▲ 40%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$7.68$10.752▲ 40%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$7.68$10.752▲ 40%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$8.064$11.29▲ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.112$11.357▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.304$11.629▲ 40%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.304$11.629▲ 40%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.304$11.626▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.352$11.693▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.352$11.136▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.352$11.693▲ 40%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$9.12$12.768▲ 40%

Keep exploring

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

r5d.metalMemory optimized, r5d family
r5d.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r5d family

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r6id.metalMemory optimized, r6id family
r6id.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r6id family

Compare r6id.metal with

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