db.m6id.metalvsdb.r6id.metal

db.m6id.metal is 25% cheaper than db.r6id.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,592.96 a month.

At a glancedb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
On-demand$10.752/hr25% less$14.304/hr
Size128 vCPUs, 512 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 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.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metaldb.r6id.metal vs db.m6id.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$10.752$14.304▲ 33%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6id.metal leads
On-demand price$10.752 vs $14.304 per hour
25% cheaper
Where db.r6id.metal leads
Memory (GiB)1,024 vs 512
2× higher

Specs

9 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
Memory (GiB)5121,024
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
Network50 Gbps–
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Storage1 of 8 differdb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
StorageEBS Only–
Local disks4 × 1,900 GB SSD4 × 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.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
Familym6idr6id
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor256256
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metal
Hardware Basism6id.metalr6id.metal

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6id.metal first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6id.metaldb.r6id.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.752$14.304▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.752$14.304▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.752$14.304▲ 33%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.904$15.936▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.864$17.376▲ 35%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$14.928$17.184▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$14.976$17.328▲ 16%

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