db.r5.largevsdb.r5d.large

db.r5.large is 12% cheaper than db.r5d.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $36.28 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
On-demand$0.348/hr12% less$0.3977/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largedb.r5d.largedb.r5d.large vs db.r5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.348$0.3977▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.large leads
On-demand price$0.348 vs $0.3977 per hour
12% cheaper
Where db.r5d.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage3 of 3 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
StorageEBS Only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps–
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Familyr5r5d
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor45.2
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Hardware Basisr5.larger5d.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.largedb.r5d.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.348$0.3977▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.348$0.3977▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.348$0.3977▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.3828$0.4375▲ 14%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3828$0.4374▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.384$0.4389▲ 14%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.384$0.4389▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.384$0.4389▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.384$0.4389▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.4$0.4571▲ 14%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.402$0.4594▲ 14%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.408$0.4663▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.42$0.48▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.421$0.4812▲ 14%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.422$0.4823▲ 14%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.4224$0.4827▲ 14%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.4558$0.5209▲ 14%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.4572$0.5247▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.462$0.528▲ 14%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.72$0.8229▲ 14%

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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.