db.m8i.4xlargevsdb.r8i.4xlarge

db.m8i.4xlarge is 29% cheaper than db.r8i.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $438.00 a month. Per vCPU, db.r8i.4xlarge costs 30% less.

At a glancedb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
On-demand$1.50/hr29% less$2.10/hr
Lowest rate$0.705/hr29% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.987/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge vs db.m8i.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.50$2.10▲ 40%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$1.00533% off$1.407▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$0.70553% off$0.987▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$1.2020% off$1.68▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8i.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.50 vs $2.10 per hour
29% cheaper
Where db.r8i.4xlarge leads
vCPUs16 vs 8
2× higher
Memory (GiB)128 vs 64
2× higher

Specs

11 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
vCPUs816
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)64128
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 15000 Megabit–
Network baseline7.5 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps15 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
Familym8ir8i
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor–32
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
Hardware Basism8i.4xlarger8i.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8i.4xlarge first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.50$2.10▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.50$2.10▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.50$2.10▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.65$2.27▲ 38%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$1.65$2.27▲ 38%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$1.65$2.35▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.655$2.35▲ 42%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.71$2.35▲ 37%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.73$2.47▲ 43%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.73$2.47▲ 43%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.78$2.56▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.85$2.14▲ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.96$3.307▲ 69%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.98$2.71▲ 37%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.07$2.52▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.07$2.52▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.07$2.52▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.07$2.52▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.13$2.39▲ 12%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.13$2.39▲ 12%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$2.179$2.65▲ 22%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8i.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m8i family
db.m8i.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family

Compare db.m8i.4xlarge with

db.m8g.4xlargedb.m8a.4xlargedb.m7i.4xlarge
db.r8i.4xlarger8i family
db.r8i.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8i family

Compare db.r8i.4xlarge with

db.r8g.4xlargedb.r8a.4xlargedb.r7i.4xlargedb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

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