db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xvsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x is 50% cheaper than db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,360.72 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$1.864/hr50% less$3.728/hr
Lowest rate$1.078/hr60% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.684/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 128 GiB8 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
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.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$1.864$3.728▲ 100%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$1.07828% off$2.684▲ 149%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x leads
On-demand price$1.864 vs $3.728 per hour
50% cheaper
Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher

Specs

6 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs88
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)128256
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor32128

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.864$3.728▲ 100%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.864$3.728▲ 100%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.864$3.728▲ 100%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.959$3.92▲ 100%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.048$4.096▲ 100%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.054$4.112▲ 100%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.062$4.128▲ 100%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.062$4.128▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.104$4.208▲ 100%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.165$4.336▲ 100%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.166$4.336▲ 100%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.176$4.352▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.211$4.424▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.211$4.424▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.216$4.432▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.216$4.432▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.216$4.432▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.216$4.432▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.216$4.432▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.243$4.48▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.244$4.488▲ 100%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.256$4.512▲ 100%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.268$4.544▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.438$4.875▲ 100%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.454$4.912▲ 100%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.888$7.776▲ 100%

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

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

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