db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r5d.xlarge

db.r5d.xlarge is 39% cheaper than db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $263.53 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
On-demand$0.932/hr$0.571/hr39% less
Lowest rate$0.5391/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.44/hr18% less1-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.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlargedb.r5d.xlarge vs db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$0.932$0.571▼ 39%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.539123% off$0.44▼ 18%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r5d.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.571 vs $0.932 per hour
39% cheaper

Specs

25 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 8 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
vCPUs–4
Physical cores–2
Threads per core–2
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.1 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
Memory (GiB)–32
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
Network–Up to 10 Gbps
Network baseline–1.25 Gbps
Network peak–10 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
Storage–1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth–1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput–593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–6,000
EBS max IOPS–18,750
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
Familyr5r5d
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor168
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlarge
Hardware Basis–r5d.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5d.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.932$0.571▼ 39%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.932$0.571▼ 39%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.932$0.571▼ 39%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.979$0.583▼ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.024$0.619▼ 40%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.027$0.648▼ 37%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.031$0.635▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.052$0.662▼ 37%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.083$0.667▼ 38%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.083$0.671▼ 38%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.088$0.671▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.106$0.691▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$1.108$0.687▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.108$0.687▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.108$0.683▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.108$0.687▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.108$0.687▼ 38%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.122$0.641▼ 43%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.122$0.64▼ 43%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.128$0.694▼ 38%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$1.134$0.699▼ 38%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.219$0.692▼ 43%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.227$0.753▼ 39%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.944$1.189▼ 39%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xr5 family
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Compare db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x with

db.m5.xlargedb.r5b.xlargedb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r4.xlargedb.r6i.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
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