db.r5.xlargevsdb.r6i.xlarge

db.r5.xlarge and db.r6i.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.696 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
On-demand$0.696/hr$0.696/hr
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargedb.r6i.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge vs db.r5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.696$0.696Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.xlarge 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.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUpto 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differdb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps–
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge
Hardware Basisr5.xlarger6i.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.xlargedb.r6i.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
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.7656$0.7656Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.7656$0.7656Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.768$0.768Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.768$0.768Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.768$0.768Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.768$0.768Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.79$0.79Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.804$0.804Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.816$0.816Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$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-East)us-gov-east-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
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.8421$0.8421Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.845$0.845Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.9117$0.9117Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.9144$0.9144Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.924$0.924Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.44$1.44Same

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare db.r5.xlarge with

db.r5d.xlargedb.r4.xlarge
db.r6i.xlargeMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.xlarge with

db.r6g.xlargedb.r7i.xlarge

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