db.r8i.4xlarge

db.r8i.4xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.10 per hour on demand ($1,533.00 per month) for Oracle Enterprise BYOL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.407 per hour, 33% less. It is sold in 25 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Oracle Enterprise BYOL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	1-yr reserved	3-yr reserved	1-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$2.10	$1.407	$0.987	$1.68
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$2.10	$1.407	$0.987	$1.68
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$2.10	$1.407	$0.987	$1.68
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5	$2.14	$1.434	$1.006	$1.712
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1	$2.159	–	–	$1.727
Canada (Central) ca-central-1	$2.27	$1.521	$1.067	$1.816
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1	$2.27	–	–	$1.816
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2	$2.35	$1.575	$1.105	$1.88
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$2.35	$1.575	$1.105	$1.88
US West (N. California) us-west-1	$2.35	$1.575	$1.105	$1.88
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1	$2.39	$1.601	$1.123	$1.912
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2	$2.39	$1.601	$1.123	$1.912
EU (Milan) eu-south-1	$2.47	–	–	$1.976
EU (London) eu-west-2	$2.47	$1.655	$1.161	$1.976
EU (Paris) eu-west-3	$2.47	$1.655	$1.161	$1.976
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1	$2.47	–	–	$1.976
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$2.52	$1.688	$1.184	$2.016
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2	$2.52	$1.688	$1.184	$2.016
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$2.52	$1.688	$1.184	$2.016
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$2.52	$1.688	$1.184	$2.016
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$2.56	$1.715	$1.203	$2.048
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6	$2.65	$1.776	$1.246	$2.12
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	$2.71	$1.816	$1.274	$2.168
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2	$2.734	–	–	$2.187
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$3.307	$2.216	$1.554	$2.646

Reserved and Savings Plans

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

Option	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
SQL Server Web Unbundled · Single-AZ	$2.00	–	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ	$2.10	$1.407	$0.987
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ	$2.10	$1.407	$0.987
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ	$3.856	$2.583	$1.812
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
SQL Server Web Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$4.00	–	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ	$4.20	$2.814	$1.974
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ	$4.20	$2.814	$1.974
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ	$7.712	$5.167	$3.625

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	16
Physical cores	8
Threads per core	2
CPU maker	Intel
Sustained clock	3.9 GHz
Burstable	No

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	128

Networking	Value
Network baseline	7.5 Gbps
Network peak	15 Gbps

Storage	Value
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 details	Value
Instance type	db.r8i.4xlarge
Family	r8i
Normalization factor	32

Other	Value
Hardware Basis	r8i.4xlarge

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Other r8i sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db.r8i.large	2	16	$0.26
db.r8i.xlarge	4	32	$0.53
db.r8i.2xlarge	4	64	$1.05
db.r8i.4xlarge	16	128	$2.10
db.r8i.12xlarge	24	384	$6.30
db.r8i.8xlarge	32	256	$4.20
db.r8i.16xlarge	32	512	$8.40
db.r8i.32xlarge	64	1024	$16.80
db.r8i.24xlarge	96	768	$12.60
db.r8i.48xlarge	192	1536	$25.20
db.r8i.metal-48xl	192	1536	$18.90
db.r8i.96xlarge	192	3072	$48.00
db.r8i.metal-96xl	384	3072	$37.801

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.