db.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x and db.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $11.184 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$11.184/hr$11.184/hr
Lowest rate$6.469/hr20% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$8.053/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.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$11.184$11.184Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$6.46928% off$8.053▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 10 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 3 differdb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs–24
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)–768
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Network–37.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Storage–EBS Only
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor192192

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.184$11.184Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.184$11.184Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.184$11.184Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$11.755$11.76Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$12.288$12.288Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$12.326$12.326Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.374$12.374Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.624$12.624Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$12.993$13.008Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$12.998$12.998Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$13.056$13.056Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$13.267$13.267Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.267$13.267Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$13.296$13.296Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$13.296$13.296Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$13.296$13.296Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.296$13.296Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.296$13.296Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$13.459$13.44Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$13.464$13.464Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.534$13.536Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$13.611$13.632Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$14.626$14.626Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$14.725$14.736Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$23.328$23.328Same

Keep exploring

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