db.m8i.24xlargevsdb.r8i.24xlarge

db.m8i.24xlarge is 29% cheaper than db.r8i.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,649.90 a month. Per vCPU, db.r8i.24xlarge costs 30% less.

At a glancedb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
On-demand$8.97/hr29% less$12.60/hr
Lowest rate$4.216/hr29% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$5.922/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge vs db.m8i.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.97$12.60▲ 40%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$6.0133% off$8.442▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$4.21653% off$5.922▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$7.17620% off$10.08▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8i.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.97 vs $12.60 per hour
29% cheaper
Where db.r8i.24xlarge leads
vCPUs96 vs 48
2× higher
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher

Specs

10 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
vCPUs4896
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384768
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
Network40000 Megabit–
Network baseline40 Gbps40 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps40 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
Familym8ir8i
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlarge
Hardware Basism8i.24xlarger8i.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8i.24xlarge first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8i.24xlargedb.r8i.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.97$12.60▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.97$12.60▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.97$12.60▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.88$13.61▲ 38%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$9.88$13.61▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.929$14.11▲ 42%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.93$14.11▲ 42%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$10.23$14.11▲ 38%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$10.38$14.82▲ 43%
EU (London)eu-west-2$10.382$14.82▲ 43%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.69$15.37▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$11.11$12.85▲ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$11.74$19.843▲ 69%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$11.91$16.25▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$12.45$15.12▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$12.45$15.12▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$12.45$15.12▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$12.45$15.12▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$12.75$14.36▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.75$14.36▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$13.074$15.88▲ 21%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8i.24xlargeGeneral purpose, m8i family
db.m8i.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family

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db.r8i.24xlarger8i family
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