db.r6g.12xlargevsdb.r6i.12xlarge

db.r6g.12xlarge is 5% cheaper than db.r6i.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $310.76 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancedb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
On-demand$7.926/hr5% less$8.352/hr
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Family
Architecturearm64x86_64

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.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge vs db.r6g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$7.926$8.352▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$7.926 vs $8.352 per hour
5% cheaper
Physical cores48 vs 24
2× higher
Network baseline20 Gbps vs 18.75 Gbps
7% higher
Where db.r6i.12xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher

Specs

12 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4824
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Family
CPU makerAWSIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit18.75 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps18.75 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor96124.8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.12xlarger6i.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6g.12xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6g.12xlargedb.r6i.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.926$8.352▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.926$8.352▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.926$9.216▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.116$8.552▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.20$8.64▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$8.719$9.187▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.719$9.187▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.746$9.216▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$8.746$9.216▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.746$9.216▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.746$8.352▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.016$9.50▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.156$9.648▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.293$9.792▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.566$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$9.591$10.106▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$10.383$10.941▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$10.523$11.088▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$16.399$17.28▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6g.12xlargeMemory optimized, r6g family
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Amazon Neptune Standard storage prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.