db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xvsdb.r7i.2xlarge

db.r7i.2xlarge is 87% cheaper than db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,712.88 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
On-demand$7.456/hr$1.00/hr87% less
Lowest rate$5.368/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.67/hr88% 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.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlargedb.r7i.2xlarge vs db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demandPay by the hour$7.456$1.00▼ 87%
1-yr reservedNo upfront28% off$5.36833% off$0.67▼ 88%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.8—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r7i.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.00 vs $7.456 per hour
87% cheaper

Specs

24 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 8 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
vCPUs–4
Physical cores–4
Threads per core–2
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.2 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)–64
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline–3.125 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–12,000
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
Familyr6ir7i
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor128–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlarge
Hardware Basis–r7i.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.456$1.00▼ 87%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.456$1.00▼ 87%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.456$1.00▼ 87%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.84$1.028▼ 87%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.16$1.02▼ 88%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.192$1.08▼ 87%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.224$1.12▼ 86%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$1.12▼ 86%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.256$1.12▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$8.416$1.32▼ 84%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.416$1.14▼ 86%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.672$1.176▼ 86%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.672$1.176▼ 86%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.704$1.176▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$8.848$1.40▼ 84%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.848$1.20▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$8.864$1.20▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$8.864$1.40▼ 84%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.864$1.20▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.864$1.20▼ 86%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.864$1.20▼ 86%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.96$1.20▼ 87%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$8.976$1.20▼ 87%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.024$1.22▼ 86%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.552$1.59▼ 90%

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