db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x

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

At a glancedb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demand$1.864/hr$0.932/hr50% less
Lowest rate$1.078/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.671/hr38% 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.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x vs db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$1.864$0.932▼ 50%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$1.07828% off$0.671▼ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

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

Specs

11 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
vCPUs4–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHz–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Memory (GiB)128–
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Storage1 of 1 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
StorageEBS Only–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Familyr5r6i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor6416

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.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.864$0.932▼ 50%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.864$0.932▼ 50%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.864$0.932▼ 50%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.959$0.98▼ 50%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.048$1.024▼ 50%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.054$1.027▼ 50%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.062$1.031▼ 50%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.062$1.032▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.104$1.052▼ 50%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.165$1.084▼ 50%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.166$1.083▼ 50%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.176$1.088▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.211$1.106▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.211$1.106▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.216$1.108▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.216$1.108▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.216$1.108▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.216$1.108▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.216$1.108▼ 50%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.243$1.122▼ 50%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.244$1.122▼ 50%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.256$1.128▼ 50%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.268$1.136▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.438$1.219▼ 50%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.454$1.228▼ 50%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.888$1.944▼ 50%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r5 family
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AWS RDS Oracle Enterprise BYOL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.