db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x and db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $7.456 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
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
Size16 vCPUs, 512 GiB16 vCPUs, 512 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.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
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.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x 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.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs1616
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Network20 Gigabit25 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128256

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
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.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

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