db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xvsdb.r7i.4xlarge

db.r7i.4xlarge is 88% cheaper than db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in Asia Pacific (Malaysia), saving $10,424.40 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
On-demand$16.32/hr$2.04/hr88% less

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.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlargedb.r7i.4xlarge vs db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demandPay by the hour$16.32$2.04▼ 88%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—33% off$1.367—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$1.632—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r7i.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.04 vs $16.32 per hour
88% cheaper

Specs

18 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 6 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
vCPUs–16
Physical cores–8
Threads per core–2
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.2 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)–128
Networking2 of 2 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
Network baseline–6.25 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage6 of 6 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
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 2 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
Familyr6ir7i
Normalization factor256–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r7i.4xlarge
Hardware Basis–r7i.4xlarge

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem8xr6i family
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db.m6i.4xlargedb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6id.4xlargedb.r6idn.4xlargedb.r6in.4xlargedb.r5.4xlargedb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
db.r7i.4xlarger7i family
db.r7i.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r7i family

Compare db.r7i.4xlarge with

db.r7g.4xlargedb.m7i.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge

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