db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xvsdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x

db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x and db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $5.592 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demand$5.592/hr$5.592/hr
Lowest rate$3.235/hr20% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.026/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 384 GiB16 vCPUs, 384 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.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x vs db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demandPay by the hour$5.592$5.592Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$3.23528% off$4.026▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x 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.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
vCPUs1616
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Network10 Gigabit18.75 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor96192

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.592$5.592Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.592$5.592Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.592$5.592Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$5.878$5.88Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.144$6.144Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.163$6.163Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.187$6.187Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.312$6.312Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$6.496$6.504Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$6.499$6.499Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.528$6.528Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$6.634$6.634Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.634$6.634Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$6.648$6.648Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$6.648$6.648Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$6.648$6.648Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$6.648$6.648Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.648$6.648Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$6.73$6.72Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$6.732$6.732Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.767$6.768Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$6.806$6.816Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$7.313$7.313Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$7.363$7.368Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$11.664$11.664Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x 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.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

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