db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xvsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x is 50% cheaper than db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,721.44 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$7.456/hr$3.728/hr50% less
Lowest rate$4.313/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.684/hr38% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 512 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.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demandPay by the hour$7.456$3.728▼ 50%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$4.31328% off$2.684▼ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher
Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
On-demand price$3.728 vs $7.456 per hour
50% cheaper

Specs

5 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.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.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)512256
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Network20 Gigabit12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
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.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.456$3.728▼ 50%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.456$3.728▼ 50%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.456$3.728▼ 50%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.836$3.92▼ 50%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.192$4.096▼ 50%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.224$4.112▼ 50%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$4.128▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.416$4.208▼ 50%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.669$4.336▼ 50%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.672$4.336▼ 50%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.704$4.352▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$8.848$4.424▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.848$4.424▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$8.864$4.432▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$8.864$4.432▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.864$4.432▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.864$4.432▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.864$4.432▼ 50%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$8.976$4.488▼ 50%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.976$4.48▼ 50%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.024$4.512▼ 50%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$9.082$4.544▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$9.75$4.875▼ 50%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$9.825$4.912▼ 50%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.552$7.776▼ 50%

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

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x 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

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

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