db.r6i.largevsdb.r6id.large

db.r6i.large is 16% cheaper than db.r6id.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $35.04 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
On-demand$0.25/hr16% less$0.298/hr
Lowest rate$0.1444/hr37% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.2296/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r6i.largedb.r6id.largedb.r6id.large vs db.r6i.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.25$0.298▲ 19%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.144423% off$0.2296▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.large leads
On-demand price$0.25 vs $0.298 per hour
16% cheaper
Where db.r6id.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
StorageEBS Only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
Familyr6ir6id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor88
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.largedb.r6id.large
Hardware Basisr6i.larger6id.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.largedb.r6id.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.25$0.298▲ 19%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.25$0.298▲ 19%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.25$0.298▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.255$0.321▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.255$0.321▲ 26%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.263$0.313▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.27$0.322▲ 19%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.27$0.328▲ 21%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.28$0.332▲ 19%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.294$0.3503▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.3$0.361▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3$0.358▲ 19%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.305$0.362▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.315$0.379▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.largeMemory optimized, r6i family
db.r6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the r6i family

Compare db.r6i.large with

db.m6i.largedb.r6g.largedb.r6idn.largedb.r6in.largedb.r5.largedb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r7i.large
db.r6id.largeMemory optimized, r6id family
db.r6id.large prices and specsEvery size in the r6id family

Compare db.r6id.large with

db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.m6id.largedb.r6gd.largedb.r5d.large

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