db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xvsdb.r6i.large

db.r6i.large is 46% cheaper than db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $157.68 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
On-demand$0.466/hr$0.25/hr46% less
Lowest rate$0.2695/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1444/hr46% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 32 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB

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.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.largedb.r6i.large vs db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$0.466$0.25▼ 46%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.269542% off$0.1444▼ 46%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher
Where db.r6i.large leads
On-demand price$0.25 vs $0.466 per hour
46% cheaper

Specs

22 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 9 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores–1
Threads per core–2
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
CPU maker–Intel
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Sustained clock–3.5 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
Memory (GiB)3216
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Network baseline–0.781 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–3,600
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor168
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large
Hardware Basis–r6i.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.466$0.25▼ 46%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.466$0.25▼ 46%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.466$0.25▼ 46%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.49$0.257▼ 48%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.512$0.27▼ 47%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.514$0.28▼ 46%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.516$0.28▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.526$0.285▼ 46%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.542$0.294▼ 46%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.542$0.294▼ 46%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.544$0.294▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.553$0.455▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.553$0.3▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.554$0.455▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.554$0.3▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.554$0.3▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.554$0.3▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.554$0.3▼ 46%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.561$0.35▼ 38%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.561$0.35▼ 38%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.564$0.305▼ 46%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.568$0.308▼ 46%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.609$0.33▼ 46%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.614$0.333▼ 46%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.972$0.524▼ 46%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

Compare db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x with

db.m5.largedb.r5d.largedb.r5b.largedb.r5b.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r4.largedb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
db.r6i.largeMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.large with

db.m6i.largedb.r6g.largedb.r6id.largedb.r6idn.largedb.r6in.largedb.r5.largedb.r7i.large

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