db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x is 15% cheaper than db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $248.93 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$1.864/hr15% less$2.205/hr

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.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$1.864$2.205▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$1.078——

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
On-demand price$1.864 vs $2.205 per hour
15% cheaper
Where db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

11 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs4–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)128–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr5r5b
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor6432

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.864$2.205▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.864$2.205▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.864$2.205▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.959$2.338▲ 19%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.048$2.412▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.062$2.472▲ 20%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.165$2.59▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.176$2.59▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.211$2.679▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.216$2.634▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.216$2.634▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.216$2.679▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.256$2.634▲ 17%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.888$3.508▼ 10%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r5 family
db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

Compare db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x with

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db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xr5b family
db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r5b family

Compare db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x with

db.r5.xlargedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x

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