db.r4.2xlargevsdb.r5.2xlarge

db.r4.2xlarge and db.r5.2xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $1.392 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
On-demand$1.392/hr$1.392/hr
Size8 vCPUs, 61 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Optiondb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge vs db.r4.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.392$1.392Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5.2xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)64 vs 61
5% higher

Specs

9 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz–
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6164
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughput1600 Mbps–
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1620.8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge
Hardware Basisr4.2xlarger5.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r4.2xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r4.2xlargedb.r5.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.392$1.392Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.392$1.392Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.392$1.392Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.536$1.536Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.58$1.58Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.632$1.632Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$1.68$1.68Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.68$1.68Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.68$1.68Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.68$1.68Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.68$1.68Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.68$1.68Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.68$1.68Same

Keep exploring

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

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db.r5.2xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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Amazon Neptune Standard storage prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.