db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xvsdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x is 15% cheaper than db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $996.45 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demand$7.456/hr15% less$8.821/hr

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.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x vs db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demandPay by the hour$7.456$8.821▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$4.313——

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads
On-demand price$7.456 vs $8.821 per hour
15% cheaper
Where db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

10 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
vCPUs8–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Memory (GiB)512–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Network20 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Familyr5r5b
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor128128

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.456$8.821▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.456$8.821▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.456$8.821▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.836$9.35▲ 19%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.192$9.65▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$9.886▲ 20%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.669$10.36▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.704$10.36▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.848$10.715▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.864$10.538▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.864$10.538▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.864$10.715▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.024$10.538▲ 17%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.552$14.03▼ 10%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xMemory optimized, r5 family
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db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xr5b family
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