cache.r4.16xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
64 vCPU · 407 GiB · 25 Gigabit · intel
$7.8840/hour on-demand · $5,755/month (Redis, Default)
cache.r4.16xlarge is a memory-optimized ElastiCache instance with 64 vCPU and 407 GiB, generation 4 of the r family. On-demand it costs $7.8840 an hour, about $5,755 a month if it runs all month. The newer cache.r6g.16xlarge offers the same size for $6.7490 an hour, 14% less and moves to Graviton. Across regions the cheapest place to run cache.r4.16xlarge is US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) at $7.2800 an hour, 8% below Asia Pacific (Mumbai).
Pricing by engine (hourly, USD, Default)
| Option | Redis | Valkey | Memcached |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-Demand | $7.8840 | $6.3072 | $7.8840 |
Newer generations of the same size
Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.
Graviton-eligible → cache.r6g.16xlarge (-14%)| Type | $/h | Price Δ | vCPU per $ Δ | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cache.r6g.16xlarge Graviton arch change | $6.7490 | -14% | +17% | $829 |
| cache.r7g.16xlarge Graviton arch change | $7.1740 | -9% | +10% | $518 |
| cache.r6gd.16xlarge Graviton arch change | $12.8230 | +63% | -39% | $-3,605 |
Cheapest regions for cache.r4.16xlarge
| Region | On-Demand $/h | vs ap-south-1 | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $7.2800 | -8% | $441 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $7.2800 | -8% | $441 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $7.2800 | -8% | $441 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $7.8840 | current | — |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $8.0080 | +2% | $-91 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $8.1120 | +3% | $-166 |
Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.
Price history (ap-south-1)
Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.
| Date | OD Redis | OD Windows | 1y RI | 3y RI | Spot p50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | $7.8840 | — | — | — | — |
All attributes
- vCPU
- 64
- Cores / threads per core
- —
- Memory
- 407 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 6.36 GiB
- Processor
- intel
- Architecture
- —
- Sustained clock
- —
- Hypervisor
- —
- Generation
- Current
- Burstable
- No
- Bare metal
- No
- Free tier eligible
- No
- Network performance
- 25 Gigabit
- Network baseline / burst
- —
- Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
- —
- IPv6 / ENA / EFA
- — / — / —
- EBS optimized
- —
- EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS NVMe
- —
- Instance storage
- EBS only
- GPU
- —
- Placement groups
- —
- Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
- — / —
- Dedicated hosts
- —
- Boot modes
- —
- Spot supported
- —
Public AWS list prices (USD), refreshed nightly (catalog 2026-11-06). RI and Savings Plan rates are effective hourly (upfront amortised over the term) and are charged for every hour of the term. Excludes taxes, data transfer and storage. How these numbers are sourced and checked. Not affiliated with Amazon Web Services.
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