db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xvsdb.r8i.8xlarge

db.r8i.8xlarge is 48% cheaper than db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,774.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
On-demand$8.00/hr$4.20/hr48% less
Lowest rate$5.36/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.814/hr48% 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.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlargedb.r8i.8xlarge vs db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$8.00$4.20▼ 48%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$5.3633% off$2.814▼ 48%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$1.974—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$6.4020% off$3.36▼ 48%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r8i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.20 vs $8.00 per hour
48% cheaper

Specs

18 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 6 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
vCPUs–32
Physical cores–16
Threads per core–2
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.9 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)–256
Networking2 of 2 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Network baseline–15 Gbps
Network peak–15 Gbps
Storage6 of 6 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
EBS baseline bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–40,000
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details2 of 2 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
Normalization factor128–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Hardware Basis–r8i.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.00$4.20▼ 48%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.00$4.20▼ 48%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.00$4.20▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.16$4.28▼ 48%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.224$4.318▼ 48%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.64$4.54▼ 47%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.96$4.70▼ 48%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.96$4.70▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.12$4.79▼ 47%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.408$4.94▼ 47%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$9.408$4.94▼ 47%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.408$4.94▼ 47%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.60$5.04▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.60$5.04▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.60$5.04▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.60$5.04▼ 48%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.76$5.12▼ 48%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$12.72$6.614▼ 48%

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