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

db.r8i.xlarge is 47% cheaper than db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $343.10 a month.

At a glancedb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
On-demand$1.00/hr$0.53/hr47% less
Lowest rate$0.67/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.3551/hr47% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 64 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlargedb.r8i.xlarge vs db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demandPay by the hour$1.00$0.53▼ 47%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$0.6733% off$0.3551▼ 47%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.2491—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.820% off$0.424▼ 47%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)64 vs 32
2× higher
Where db.r8i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.53 vs $1.00 per hour
47% cheaper

Specs

20 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 8 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores–2
Threads per core–2
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU maker–Intel
Sustained clock–3.9 GHz
Burstable–No
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)6432
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 12.5 GbpsUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline–1.875 Gbps
Network peak–12.5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput–1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–6,000
EBS max IOPS–40,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor32–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlarge
Hardware Basis–r8i.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r8i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.00$0.53▼ 47%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.00$0.53▼ 47%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.00$0.53▼ 47%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.02$0.54▼ 47%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.028$0.5397▼ 48%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.08$0.57▼ 47%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.12$0.59▼ 47%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.12$0.59▼ 47%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.14$0.6▼ 47%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.176$0.62▼ 47%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.176$0.62▼ 47%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.176$0.62▼ 47%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.20$0.63▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.20$0.63▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.20$0.63▼ 48%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.20$0.63▼ 48%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.22$0.64▼ 48%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.59$0.8268▼ 48%

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