db.r6g.16xlargevsdb.r7g.16xlarge

db.r7g.16xlarge is 16% cheaper than db.r6g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,258.81 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
On-demand$10.568/hr$8.844/hr16% less
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton3
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.r7g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge vs db.r6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.568$8.844▼ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$7.075—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r7g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.844 vs $10.568 per hour
16% cheaper
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

7 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton3
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking2 of 3 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128166.4
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.16xlarger7g.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.16xlargedb.r7g.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.568$8.844▼ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.568$8.844▼ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.568$8.844▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$10.822$9.04▼ 16%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$10.933$10.674▼ 2%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$11.625$9.726▼ 16%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$11.662$9.759▼ 16%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$11.662$9.759▼ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.662$9.759▼ 16%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$11.662$9.759▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.026$10.165▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$12.39$10.37▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$12.755$10.701▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.755$10.674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$14.03$11.742▼ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$21.866$18.299▼ 16%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6g.16xlargeMemory optimized, r6g family
db.r6g.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6g family

Compare db.r6g.16xlarge with

db.r6i.16xlargedb.r6gd.16xlarge
db.r7g.16xlargeMemory optimized, r7g family
db.r7g.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r7g family

Compare db.r7g.16xlarge with

db.r7i.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge

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