db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r7i.12xlarge

db.r7i.12xlarge is 50% cheaper than db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in Asia Pacific (Malaysia), saving $4,467.60 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
On-demand$12.24/hr$6.12/hr50% less
Size48 vCPUs, 768 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB

Prices in Asia Pacific (Malaysia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge vs db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$12.24$6.12▼ 50%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—33% off$4.10—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$4.896—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher
Where db.r7i.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.12 vs $12.24 per hour
50% cheaper

Specs

23 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 8 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores–24
Threads per core–2
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake–
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.2 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)768384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
Network37.5 Gbps–
Network baseline–18.75 Gbps
Network peak–18.75 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth–15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–60,000
EBS max IOPS–60,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
Familyr6ir7i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor192–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.12xlarge
Hardware Basis–r7i.12xlarge

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x with

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db.r7i.12xlarger7i family
db.r7i.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r7i family

Compare db.r7i.12xlarge with

db.r7g.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlargedb.r8i.12xlarge

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