db.r5.12xlargevsdb.r5d.12xlarge

db.r5.12xlarge is 12% cheaper than db.r5d.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $870.96 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
On-demand$8.352/hr12% less$9.545/hr
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel 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.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge vs db.r5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.352$9.545▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.352 vs $9.545 per hour
12% cheaper
Where db.r5d.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps12 Gbps
Storage2 of 2 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
StorageEBS Only2 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 900 GB SSD
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
Familyr5r5d
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor124.896
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr5.12xlarger5d.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.12xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.12xlargedb.r5d.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.352$9.545▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.352$9.545▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.352$9.545▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.64$9.874▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$9.187$10.50▲ 14%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.187$10.50▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.216$10.533▲ 14%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$9.216$10.533▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.216$10.533▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.216$10.533▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.50$10.857▲ 14%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.648$11.026▲ 14%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.792$11.191▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.08$11.52▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$10.106$11.55▲ 14%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$10.138$11.586▲ 14%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$10.138$11.586▲ 14%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$10.941$12.504▲ 14%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$10.967$12.594▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$11.088$12.672▲ 14%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$17.28$19.749▲ 14%

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