db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xvsdb.r8i.8xlarge

db.r8i.8xlarge is 65% cheaper than db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $5,694.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
On-demand$12.00/hr$4.20/hr65% less
Lowest rate$8.04/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.814/hr65% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size32 vCPUs, 768 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlargedb.r8i.8xlarge vs db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
On-demandPay by the hour$12.00$4.20▼ 65%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$8.0433% off$2.814▼ 65%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$1.974—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$9.6020% off$3.36▼ 65%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 256
3× higher
Where db.r8i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.20 vs $12.00 per hour
65% cheaper

Specs

21 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 6 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores–16
Threads per core–2
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.9 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)768256
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Network37.5 Gbps–
Network baseline–15 Gbps
Network peak–15 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
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 details4 of 4 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor384–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
Hardware Basis–r8i.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$12.00$4.20▼ 65%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$12.00$4.20▼ 65%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$12.00$4.20▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$12.24$4.28▼ 65%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$12.336$4.318▼ 65%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$12.96$4.54▼ 65%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$13.44$4.70▼ 65%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$13.44$4.70▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$13.68$4.79▼ 65%
EU (London)eu-west-2$14.112$4.94▼ 65%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$14.112$4.94▼ 65%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$14.112$4.94▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$14.40$5.04▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$14.40$5.04▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$14.40$5.04▼ 65%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$14.40$5.04▼ 65%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$14.64$5.12▼ 65%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$19.08$6.614▼ 65%

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