db.m6in.metalvsdb.r6in.metal

db.m6in.metal is 25% cheaper than db.r6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3,083.52 a month.

At a glancedb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
On-demand$12.384/hr25% less$16.608/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.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metaldb.r6in.metal vs db.m6in.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$12.384$16.608▲ 34%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6in.metal leads
On-demand price$12.384 vs $16.608 per hour
25% cheaper
Where db.r6in.metal leads
Memory (GiB)1,024 vs 512
2× higher

Specs

3 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
Memory (GiB)5121,024
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
Network baseline400 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak400 Gbps400 Gbps
StorageAll 6 matchdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth100,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput12,500 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput12,500 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS400,000400,000
EBS max IOPS400,000400,000
Instance details1 of 2 differdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
Familym6inr6in
Normalization factor256256
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metal
Hardware Basism6in.metalr6in.metal

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6in.metal first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6in.metaldb.r6in.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$12.384$16.608▲ 34%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$12.384$16.608▲ 34%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$12.384$16.608▲ 34%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$13.728$18.624▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$17.136$20.064▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$29.362$37.067▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$30.404$37.067▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$31.236$37.692▲ 21%

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