db.r4.xlargevsdb.r5.xlarge

db.r4.xlarge and db.r5.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.696 per hour.

At a glancedb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
On-demand$0.696/hr$0.696/hr
Size4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargedb.r5.xlargedb.r5.xlarge vs db.r4.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.696$0.696Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r4.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5.xlarge leads
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)32 vs 30.5
5% higher

Specs

8 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differdb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
Memory (GiB)30.532
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differdb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughput800 MbpsUp to 3500 Mbps
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Other1 of 1 differdb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlarge
Hardware Basisr4.xlarger5.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r4.xlargedb.r5.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.696$0.696Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.696$0.696Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.696$0.696Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.768$0.768Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.79$0.79Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.816$0.816Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.84$0.84Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.84$0.84Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.84$0.84Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r4.xlargeMemory optimized, r4 family
db.r4.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r4 family
db.r5.xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.xlarge 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.