db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x and db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $3.728 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$3.728/hr$3.728/hr
Lowest rate$2.156/hr20% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.684/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront

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.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$3.728$3.728Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$2.15628% off$2.684▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

10 of 10 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 3 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs–8
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)–256
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Network–12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Storage–EBS Only
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor64128

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.728$3.728Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.728$3.728Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.728$3.728Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.918$3.92Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.096$4.096Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.112$4.112Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.128$4.128Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.208$4.208Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.334$4.336Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.336$4.336Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.352$4.352Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$4.424$4.424Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.424$4.424Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$4.432$4.432Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$4.432$4.432Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.432$4.432Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.432$4.432Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.432$4.432Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.488$4.488Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.488$4.48Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.512$4.512Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$4.541$4.544Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$4.875$4.875Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.912$4.912Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.776$7.776Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xr5 family
db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

Compare db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x with

db.m5.2xlargedb.r5d.2xlargedb.r5b.2xlargedb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r4.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x with

db.m6i.2xlargedb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlargedb.r6idn.2xlargedb.r6in.2xlargedb.r5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlargedb.r7i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x

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