db.r5.largevsdb.r6i.large

db.r5.large and db.r6i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.348 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
On-demand$0.348/hr$0.348/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largedb.r6i.largedb.r6i.large vs db.r5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.348$0.348Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.large leads
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

9 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUpto 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps–
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.largedb.r6i.large
Hardware Basisr5.larger6i.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.largedb.r6i.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
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.3828$0.3828Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3828$0.3828Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.384$0.384Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.384$0.384Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.384$0.384Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.384$0.384Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.4$0.4Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.402$0.408▲ 1%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.408$0.408Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$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-East)us-gov-east-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
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.42$0.42Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.421$0.421Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.422$0.422Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.4558$0.4558Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.4572$0.4572Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.462$0.462Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.72$0.72Same

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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.