db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xvsdb.r8i.4xlarge

db.r8i.4xlarge is 74% cheaper than db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,307.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
On-demand$8.00/hr$2.10/hr74% less
Lowest rate$5.36/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$1.407/hr74% less1-yr reserved, no upfront

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.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge vs db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demandPay by the hour$8.00$2.10▼ 74%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$5.3633% off$1.407▼ 74%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.987—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$6.4020% off$1.68▼ 74%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r8i.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.10 vs $8.00 per hour
74% cheaper

Specs

18 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 6 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
vCPUs–16
Physical cores–8
Threads per core–2
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.9 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)–128
Networking2 of 2 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Network baseline–7.5 Gbps
Network peak–15 Gbps
Storage6 of 6 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.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.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
Normalization factor12832
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlarge
Hardware Basis–r8i.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.00$2.10▼ 74%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.00$2.10▼ 74%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.00$2.10▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.16$2.14▼ 74%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.224$2.159▼ 74%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.64$2.27▼ 74%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.96$2.35▼ 74%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.96$2.35▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.12$2.39▼ 74%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.408$2.47▼ 74%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$9.408$2.47▼ 74%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.408$2.47▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.60$2.52▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.60$2.52▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.60$2.52▼ 74%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.60$2.52▼ 74%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.76$2.56▼ 74%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$12.72$3.307▼ 74%

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