db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x

db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x is 20% cheaper than db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,062.88 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demand$7.456/hr$6.00/hr20% less
Lowest rate$5.368/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.02/hr25% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 512 GiB16 vCPUs, 384 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.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x vs db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$7.456$6.00▼ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront28% off$5.36833% off$4.02▼ 25%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$4.80—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 384
33% higher
Where db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads
On-demand price$6.00 vs $7.456 per hour
20% cheaper

Specs

6 of 10 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 3 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
vCPUs1616
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Memory (GiB)512384
Networking1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Network25 Gbps18.75 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
Familyr6ir7i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256192

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.456$6.00▼ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.456$6.00▼ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.456$6.00▼ 20%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.84$6.168▼ 21%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.16$6.12▼ 25%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.192$6.48▼ 21%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.224$6.72▼ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$6.72▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.416$6.84▼ 19%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.672$7.056▼ 19%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.672$7.056▼ 19%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.704$7.056▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.848$7.20▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.864$7.20▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.864$7.20▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.864$7.20▼ 19%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.96$7.20▼ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$8.976$7.20▼ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.024$7.32▼ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.552$9.54▼ 39%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

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db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xMemory optimized, r7i family
db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x prices and specsEvery size in the r7i family

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