r5dn.largevsr6idn.large

r5dn.large is 15% cheaper than r6idn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $20.73 a month.

At a glancer5dn.larger6idn.large
On-demand$0.167/hr15% less$0.1954/hr
Lowest rate$0.0385/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0426/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel 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.

Optionr5dn.larger6idn.larger6idn.large vs r5dn.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.167$0.1954▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.038578% off$0.0426▲ 11%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.10537% off$0.1231▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront59% off$0.06859% off$0.0796▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.12128% off$0.1416▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.07853% off$0.0914▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5dn.large leads
On-demand price$0.167 vs $0.1954 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r6idn.large leads
EBS max IOPS100,000 vs 18,750
5.3× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.1 Gbps
49% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr5dn.larger6idn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr5dn.larger6idn.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 8 differr5dn.larger6idn.large
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25000 Megabit
Network baseline2.1 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage9 of 12 differr5dn.larger6idn.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6006,250
EBS max IOPS18,750100,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differr5dn.larger6idn.large
Familyr5dnr6idn
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5dn.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5dn.larger6idn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.167$0.1954▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.167$0.1954▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.167$0.1954▲ 17%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.177$0.2071▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.186$0.2176▲ 17%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.196$0.2293▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.199$0.2328▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.2$0.234▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.201$0.2352▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.203$0.2375▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.204$0.2387▲ 17%

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