db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r6i.xlarge

db.r6i.xlarge is 73% cheaper than db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $995.72 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
On-demand$1.864/hr$0.5/hr73% less
Lowest rate$1.078/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.2888/hr73% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 128 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge vs db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$1.864$0.5▼ 73%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$1.07842% off$0.2888▼ 73%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
Memory (GiB)128 vs 32
4× higher
Where db.r6i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.5 vs $1.864 per hour
73% cheaper

Specs

22 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 9 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores–2
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.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)12832
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Network baseline–1.562 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–6,000
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor64–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge
Hardware Basis–r6i.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.864$0.5▼ 73%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.864$0.5▼ 73%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.864$0.5▼ 73%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.959$0.514▼ 74%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.048$0.541▼ 74%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.054$0.56▼ 73%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.062$0.56▼ 73%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.062$0.832▼ 60%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.104$0.57▼ 73%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.165$0.588▼ 73%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.166$0.588▼ 73%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.176$0.588▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.211$0.91▼ 59%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.211$0.6▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.216$0.91▼ 59%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.216$0.6▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.216$0.6▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.216$0.6▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.216$0.6▼ 73%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.243$0.7▼ 69%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.244$0.7▼ 69%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.256$0.61▼ 73%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.268$0.616▼ 73%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.438$0.66▼ 73%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.454$0.666▼ 73%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.888$1.048▼ 73%

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