db.r7i.metal-48xlvsdb.r8i.metal-48xl

db.r7i.metal-48xl is 5% cheaper than db.r8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $657.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$18.00/hr5% less$18.90/hr
Lowest rate$14.40/hr5% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$15.12/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

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.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl vs db.r7i.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$18.00$18.90▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$14.4020% off$15.12▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$18.00 vs $18.90 per hour
5% cheaper
Where db.r8i.metal-48xl leads
Network baseline75 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
50% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

11 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Network50 Gbps75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Storage4 of 7 differdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Familyr7ir8i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xl
Hardware Basisr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.metal-48xl first. Oracle Enterprise BYOL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.metal-48xldb.r8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$18.00$18.90▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$18.00$18.90▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$18.00$18.90▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$20.16$21.17▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$20.52$21.55▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$21.168$22.23▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$21.60$22.68▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$21.60$22.68▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$21.60$22.68▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$21.96$23.06▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$28.62$29.765▲ 4%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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