db.r6g.16xlargevsdb.r6i.16xlarge

db.r6g.16xlarge is 5% cheaper than db.r6i.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $414.35 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.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
On-demand$10.568/hr5% less$11.136/hr
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge vs db.r6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.568$11.136▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$10.568 vs $11.136 per hour
5% cheaper
Physical cores64 vs 32
2× higher
Where db.r6i.16xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher

Specs

8 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6432
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Family
CPU makerAWSIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.16xlarger6i.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.16xlargedb.r6i.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.568$11.136▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.568$11.136▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.568$11.136▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$10.822$11.403▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$10.933$11.52▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$11.625$12.25▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$11.625$12.25▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$11.662$12.288▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$11.662$12.288▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.662$12.288▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$11.662$12.288▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.026$12.672▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$12.242$12.90▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$12.39$13.056▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.755$13.44▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$12.788$13.475▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$13.845$14.588▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$14.03$14.784▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$21.866$23.04▲ 5%

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

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