db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xvsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x

db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x and db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $7.456 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demand$7.456/hr$7.456/hr
Lowest rate$4.313/hr20% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$5.368/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.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x vs db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demandPay by the hour$7.456$7.456Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$4.31328% off$5.368▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.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.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
vCPUs8–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Memory (GiB)512–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Network20 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Familyr5r6i
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.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.456$7.456Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.456$7.456Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.456$7.456Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.836$7.84Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.192$8.192Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.224$8.224Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$8.256Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.416$8.416Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.669$8.672Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.672$8.672Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.704$8.704Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$8.848$8.848Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.848$8.848Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$8.864$8.864Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$8.864$8.864Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.864$8.864Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.864$8.864Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.864$8.864Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$8.976$8.976Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.976$8.96Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.024$9.024Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$9.082$9.088Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$9.75$9.75Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$9.825$9.824Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.552$15.552Same

Keep exploring

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

Compare db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x 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.mem4x
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xr6i family
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x with

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

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