db.r4.8xlargevsdb.r5.8xlarge

db.r4.8xlarge and db.r5.8xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $5.568 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
On-demand$5.568/hr$5.568/hr
Size32 vCPUs, 244 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge vs db.r4.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.568$5.568Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.8xlarge leads
Network baseline12 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
20% higher
Where db.r5.8xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)256 vs 244
5% higher

Specs

9 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed–Up to 3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)244256
Networking2 of 3 differdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps10 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps10 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor83.264
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlarge
Hardware Basisr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r4.8xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r4.8xlargedb.r5.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.568$5.568Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.568$5.568Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.568$5.568Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.144$6.144Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.34$6.336Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.528$6.528Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$6.72$6.72Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$6.72$6.72Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$6.72$6.72Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.72$6.72Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.72$6.72Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$6.72$6.72Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.72$6.72Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r4.8xlargeMemory optimized, r4 family
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db.r5.8xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.8xlarge 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.