db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xvsdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x

db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x is 15% cheaper than db.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,494.31 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demand$11.184/hr15% less$13.231/hr

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.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x vs db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demandPay by the hour$11.184$13.231▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$6.469——

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads
On-demand price$11.184 vs $13.231 per hour
15% cheaper
Where db.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

10 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 4 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
vCPUs32–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Memory (GiB)768–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Network25 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Familyr5r5b
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor192192

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.184$13.231▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.184$13.231▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.184$13.231▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$11.755$14.025▲ 19%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$12.288$14.474▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.374$14.83▲ 20%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$12.993$15.54▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$13.056$15.54▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.267$16.073▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$13.296$15.806▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.296$15.806▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.296$16.073▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.534$15.806▲ 17%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$23.328$21.046▼ 10%

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