db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xvsdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x

db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x and db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $11.184 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
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.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x vs db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
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.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.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.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
vCPUs32–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Memory (GiB)768–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Network25 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Familyr5r6i
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.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xDifference
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

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

db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xr6i family
db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x with

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