db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xvsdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x

db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x and db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.466 per hour.

At a glancedb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
On-demand$0.466/hr$0.466/hr
Lowest rate$0.2695/hr20% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.3355/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.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x vs db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$0.466$0.466Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.269528% off$0.3355▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

11 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 4 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
vCPUs2–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
Memory (GiB)32–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor168

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.large.tpc1.mem2xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.466$0.466Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.466$0.466Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.466$0.466Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.49$0.49Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.512$0.512Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.514$0.514Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.516$0.516Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.526$0.526Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.542$0.542Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.542$0.542Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.544$0.544Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.553$0.553Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.553$0.553Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.554$0.554Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.554$0.554Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.554$0.554Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.554$0.554Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.554$0.554Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.561$0.561Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.561$0.561Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.564$0.564Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.568$0.568Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.609$0.609Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.614$0.614Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.972$0.972Same

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
db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2xr6i family
db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x with

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

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