db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r8i.4xlarge

db.r8i.4xlarge is 48% cheaper than db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,387.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
On-demand$4.00/hr$2.10/hr48% less
Lowest rate$2.68/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$1.407/hr48% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 256 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge vs db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$4.00$2.10▼ 48%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$2.6833% off$1.407▼ 48%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.987—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$3.2020% off$1.68▼ 48%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher
Where db.r8i.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.10 vs $4.00 per hour
48% cheaper

Specs

21 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 6 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores–8
Threads per core–2
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.9 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)256128
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Network12.5 Gbps–
Network baseline–7.5 Gbps
Network peak–15 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
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 details4 of 4 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor12832
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Hardware Basis–r8i.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.00$2.10▼ 48%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.00$2.10▼ 48%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.00$2.10▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$4.08$2.14▼ 48%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.112$2.159▼ 48%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.32$2.27▼ 47%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.48$2.35▼ 48%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.48$2.35▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.56$2.39▼ 48%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.704$2.47▼ 47%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.704$2.47▼ 47%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.704$2.47▼ 47%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.80$2.52▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.80$2.52▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.80$2.52▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.80$2.52▼ 48%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.88$2.56▼ 48%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.36$3.307▼ 48%

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