db.r4.largevsdb.r5.large

db.r4.large and db.r5.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.348 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.largedb.r5.large
On-demand$0.348/hr$0.348/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largedb.r5.largedb.r5.large vs db.r4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.348$0.348Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5.large leads
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)16 vs 15.25
5% higher

Specs

8 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHzUp to 3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
Memory (GiB)15.2516
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughput400 MbpsUp to 3500 Mbps
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.largedb.r5.large
Hardware Basisr4.larger5.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r4.largedb.r5.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.348$0.348Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.348$0.348Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.348$0.348Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.384$0.384Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.4$0.4Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.408$0.408Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.42$0.42Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.42$0.42Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.42$0.42Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r4.largeMemory optimized, r4 family
db.r4.large prices and specsEvery size in the r4 family
db.r5.largeMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.large 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.