db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r5b.12xlarge

db.r5b.12xlarge is 36% cheaper than db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,978.40 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
On-demand$11.184/hr$7.104/hr36% less
Lowest rate$6.469/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.115/hr36% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 768 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlargedb.r5b.12xlarge vs db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$11.184$7.104▼ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$6.46942% off$4.115▼ 36%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher
Where db.r5b.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$7.104 vs $11.184 per hour
36% cheaper

Specs

22 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 9 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores–24
Threads per core–2
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
CPU maker–Intel
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Sustained clock–3.1 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)768384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
Network25 Gigabit–
Network baseline–12 Gbps
Network peak–12 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput–3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–130,000
EBS max IOPS–130,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
Familyr5r5b
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor192–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlarge
Hardware Basis–r5b.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.184$7.104▼ 36%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.184$7.104▼ 36%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.184$7.104▼ 36%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$11.755$7.013▼ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$12.288$7.237▼ 41%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.374$7.415▼ 40%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$12.993$7.77▼ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$13.056$7.77▼ 40%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.267$8.036▼ 39%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$13.296$7.903▼ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.296$8.424▼ 37%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.296$8.568▼ 36%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.534$8.573▼ 37%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$23.328$10.523▼ 55%

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