db.m6i.metalvsdb.m6id.metal

db.m6i.metal is 24% cheaper than db.m6id.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,857.12 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
On-demand$8.208/hr24% less$10.752/hr
Size128 vCPUs, 512 GiB128 vCPUs, 512 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metaldb.m6id.metal vs db.m6i.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$8.208$10.752▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.metal leads
On-demand price$8.208 vs $10.752 per hour
24% cheaper
Where db.m6id.metal leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
Network–50 Gbps
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
Storage–EBS Only
Local disks–4 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS160,000160,000
EBS max IOPS160,000160,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
Familym6im6id
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor256256
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metal
Hardware Basism6i.metalm6id.metal

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.metal first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.metaldb.m6id.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.208$10.752▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.208$10.752▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.208$10.752▲ 31%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.072$11.904▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.744$12.864▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$11.28$14.976▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$11.28$14.928▲ 32%

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