db.r6g.16xlargevsdb.r6gd.16xlarge

db.r6g.16xlarge is 18% cheaper than db.r6gd.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,352.11 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
On-demand$8.419/hr18% less$10.271/hr
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Optiondb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge vs db.r6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.419$10.271▲ 22%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.419 vs $10.271 per hour
18% cheaper
Where db.r6gd.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

3 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speedUp to 3.1 GHzUp to 3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
Familyr6gr6gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6g.16xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.419$10.271▲ 22%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.419$10.271▲ 22%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.419$10.271▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.637$10.537▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$8.637$10.537▲ 22%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.826$10.767▲ 22%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$8.84$10.785▲ 22%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.29$11.334▲ 22%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.29$11.334▲ 22%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.29$11.334▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.581$11.688▲ 22%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.726$11.865▲ 22%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.871$12.043▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.161$12.397▲ 22%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$11.177$13.636▲ 22%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$17.419$21.251▲ 22%

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Amazon DocumentDB Standard storage prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.