db.m8i.metal-48xlvsdb.r8i.metal-48xl

db.m8i.metal-48xl is 29% cheaper than db.r8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3,971.20 a month.

At a glancedb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$13.46/hr29% less$18.90/hr
Lowest rate$10.768/hr29% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$15.12/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

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.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl vs db.m8i.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$13.46$18.90▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$10.76820% off$15.12▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$13.46 vs $18.90 per hour
29% cheaper
Where db.r8i.metal-48xl leads
Memory (GiB)1,536 vs 768
2× higher

Specs

4 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)7681,536
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Network75000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps75 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Familym8ir8i
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Hardware Basism8i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8i.metal-48xl first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$13.46$18.90▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$13.46$18.90▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$13.46$18.90▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$14.82$20.41▲ 38%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$14.82$20.41▲ 38%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$14.89$21.17▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$14.893$21.17▲ 42%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$15.35$21.17▲ 38%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$15.57$22.23▲ 43%
EU (London)eu-west-2$15.574$22.23▲ 43%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$16.03$23.06▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$16.67$19.28▲ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$17.61$29.765▲ 69%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$17.86$24.37▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$18.67$22.68▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$18.67$22.68▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$18.67$22.68▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$18.67$22.68▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$19.13$21.55▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$19.13$21.55▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$19.611$23.81▲ 21%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8i.metal-48xlGeneral purpose, m8i family
db.m8i.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family

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db.m7i.metal-48xl
db.r8i.metal-48xlMemory optimized, r8i family
db.r8i.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the r8i family

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