db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r6id.4xlarge

db.r6id.4xlarge is 36% cheaper than db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $979.66 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
On-demand$3.728/hr$2.386/hr36% less
Lowest rate$2.684/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$1.837/hr32% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 256 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon 8375
Architecturex86_64x86_64

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.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlargedb.r6id.4xlarge vs db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$3.728$2.386▼ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront28% off$2.68423% off$1.837▼ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher
Where db.r6id.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.386 vs $3.728 per hour
36% cheaper

Specs

21 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores–8
Threads per core–2
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon 8375
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.5 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)256128
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
Network12.5 GbpsUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline–6.25 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
StorageEBS Only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth–5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–625 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–20,000
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
Familyr6ir6id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6432
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlarge
Hardware Basis–r6id.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6id.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.728$2.386▼ 36%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.728$2.386▼ 36%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.728$2.386▼ 36%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$4.08$2.568▼ 37%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$4.096$2.622▼ 36%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.128$2.653▼ 36%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.334$2.802▼ 35%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.424$2.886▼ 35%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.432$2.861▼ 35%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.512$2.895▼ 36%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x with

db.m6i.4xlargedb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6idn.4xlargedb.r6in.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlargedb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
db.r6id.4xlargeMemory optimized, r6id family
db.r6id.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6id family

Compare db.r6id.4xlarge with

db.r6i.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.m6id.4xlargedb.r6gd.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5d.4xlarge

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 23–28% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

AWS RDS Oracle Enterprise BYOL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.