db.r6i.metalvsdb.r6in.metal

db.r6i.metal is 33% cheaper than db.r6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3,959.52 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
On-demand$11.184/hr33% less$16.608/hr
Size128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 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.metaldb.r6in.metaldb.r6in.metal vs db.r6i.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$11.184$16.608▲ 48%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.metal leads
On-demand price$11.184 vs $16.608 per hour
33% cheaper
Where db.r6in.metal leads
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
8× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

16 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
Memory (GiB)1,0241,024
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
Network50 Gbps–
Network baseline50 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps400 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS160,000400,000
EBS max IOPS160,000400,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
Familyr6ir6in
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor256256
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metal
Hardware Basisr6i.metalr6in.metal

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.metal first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.metaldb.r6in.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.184$16.608▲ 48%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.184$16.608▲ 48%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.184$16.608▲ 48%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.384$18.624▲ 50%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.248$37.692▲ 185%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.296$37.067▲ 179%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.296$20.064▲ 51%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.536$37.067▲ 174%

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