db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x

db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x and db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $3.728 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
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
Size16 vCPUs, 256 GiB16 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.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x vs db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
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.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 4 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
vCPUs1616
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Network10 Gigabit12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor12864

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xDifference
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.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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db.m5.4xlargedb.r5d.4xlargedb.r5b.4xlargedb.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r4.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x with

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