db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x is 50% cheaper than db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $680.36 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$0.932/hr50% less$1.864/hr
Lowest rate$0.5391/hr60% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$1.342/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.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$0.932$1.864▲ 100%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.539128% off$1.342▲ 149%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
On-demand price$0.932 vs $1.864 per hour
50% cheaper
Where db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

10 of 10 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 3 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs–4
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)–128
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Storage–EBS Only
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r6i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor1632

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.932$1.864▲ 100%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.932$1.864▲ 100%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.932$1.864▲ 100%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.979$1.96▲ 100%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.024$2.016▲ 97%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.027$2.054▲ 100%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.031$2.062▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.052$2.104▲ 100%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.083$2.168▲ 100%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.083$2.166▲ 100%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.088$2.176▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$1.106$2.211▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.106$2.211▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$1.108$2.216▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.108$2.216▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.108$2.216▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.108$2.216▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.108$2.216▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.122$2.244▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.122$2.243▲ 100%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.128$2.256▲ 100%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$1.134$2.272▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.219$2.438▲ 100%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.227$2.456▲ 100%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.944$3.888▲ 100%

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