db.r5.12xlargevsdb.r6i.12xlarge

db.r5.12xlarge and db.r6i.12xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $8.352 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
On-demand$8.352/hr$8.352/hr
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Family
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.r6i.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge vs db.r5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.352$8.352Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.12xlarge leads
Network baseline18.75 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
56% higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

7 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit18.75 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor124.8124.8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr5.12xlarger6i.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.352$8.352Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.352$8.352Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.352$9.216▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.64$8.64Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$9.187$9.187Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.187$9.187Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.216$9.216Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$9.216$9.216Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.216$9.216Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.216$8.352▼ 9%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.50$9.50Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.648$9.648Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.792$9.792Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.08$10.08Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$10.08$10.08Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$10.08$10.08Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.08$10.08Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$10.106$10.106Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$10.138$10.138Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$10.941$10.941Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$10.967$10.967Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$11.088$11.088Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$17.28$17.28Same

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

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