db.m8i.16xlargevsdb.r8i.16xlarge

db.m8i.16xlarge is 29% cheaper than db.r8i.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,766.60 a month. Per vCPU, db.m8i.16xlarge costs 64% less.

At a glancedb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
On-demand$5.98/hr29% less$8.40/hr
Lowest rate$2.811/hr29% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$3.948/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 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.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge vs db.m8i.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.98$8.40▲ 40%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$4.00733% off$5.628▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$2.81153% off$3.948▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$4.78420% off$6.72▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8i.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.98 vs $8.40 per hour
29% cheaper
vCPUs64 vs 32
2× higher
Where db.r8i.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

10 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
vCPUs6432
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256512
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Network–30000 Megabit
Network baseline30 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps30 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Familym8ir8i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Hardware Basism8i.16xlarger8i.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8i.16xlarge first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.98$8.40▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.98$8.40▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.98$8.40▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.59$9.07▲ 38%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$6.59$9.07▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.619$9.41▲ 42%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$6.62$9.41▲ 42%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.82$9.41▲ 38%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$6.92$9.88▲ 43%
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.922$9.88▲ 43%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.12$10.25▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$7.41$8.57▲ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.83$13.229▲ 69%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$7.94$10.83▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.30$10.08▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.30$10.08▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.30$10.08▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.30$10.08▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$8.50$9.58▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.50$9.58▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$8.716$10.58▲ 21%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8i.16xlargem8i family
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