db.r4.4xlargevsdb.r5.4xlarge

db.r4.4xlarge and db.r5.4xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $2.784 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
On-demand$2.784/hr$2.784/hr
Size16 vCPUs, 122 GiB16 vCPUs, 192 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.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge vs db.r4.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.784$2.784Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.4xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5.4xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)192 vs 122
57% higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher

Specs

5 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)122192
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor41.641.6
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge
Hardware Basisr4.4xlarger5.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r4.4xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r4.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.784$2.784Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.784$2.784Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.784$2.784Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.072$3.072Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.17$3.17Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.264$3.264Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$3.36$3.36Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.36$3.36Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.36$3.36Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.36$3.36Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.36$3.36Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.36$3.36Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.36$3.36Same

Keep exploring

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

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db.r5.4xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
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Amazon Neptune Standard storage prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.