db.m8i.96xlargevsdb.r8i.96xlarge

db.m8i.96xlarge is 29% cheaper than db.r8i.96xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10,091.52 a month. Per vCPU, db.m8i.96xlarge costs 64% less.

At a glancedb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
On-demand$34.176/hr29% less$48.00/hr
Lowest rate$27.341/hr29% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$38.40/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size384 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 3072 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. SQL Server Enterprise, USD per hour.

Optiondb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge vs db.m8i.96xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$34.176$48.00▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$27.34120% off$38.40▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8i.96xlarge leads
On-demand price$34.176 vs $48.00 per hour
29% cheaper
vCPUs384 vs 192
2× higher
Where db.r8i.96xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)3,072 vs 1,536
2× higher

Specs

10 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
vCPUs384192
Physical cores192192
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.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
Memory (GiB)1,5363,072
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
Network–100000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth80,000 Mbps80,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth80,000 Mbps80,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput10,000 MB/s10,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput10,000 MB/s10,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS480,000480,000
EBS max IOPS480,000480,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
Familym8ir8i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlarge
Hardware Basism8i.96xlarger8i.96xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8i.96xlarge first. SQL Server Enterprise, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8i.96xlargedb.r8i.96xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$34.176$48.00▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$34.176$48.00▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$34.176$48.00▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$37.632$51.84▲ 38%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$37.824$53.76▲ 42%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$38.976$53.76▲ 38%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$39.552$56.448▲ 43%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$39.715$53.76▲ 35%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$40.32$48.96▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$40.704$58.56▲ 44%
EU (London)eu-west-2$41.53$56.448▲ 36%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$44.736$76.32▲ 71%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$44.928$63.936▲ 42%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$47.424$57.60▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$47.424$57.60▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$47.424$57.60▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$47.424$57.60▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$48.576$54.72▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$48.576$54.72▲ 13%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8i.96xlargem8i family
db.m8i.96xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family
db.r8i.96xlargeMemory optimized, r8i family
db.r8i.96xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8i family

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