db.r6g.largevsdb.r6i.large

db.r6g.large is 6% cheaper than db.r6i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $14.09 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.largedb.r6i.large
On-demand$0.3287/hr6% less$0.348/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largedb.r6i.largedb.r6i.large vs db.r6g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.3287$0.348▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.large leads
On-demand price$0.3287 vs $0.348 per hour
6% cheaper
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Where db.r6i.large leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

11 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Family
CPU makerAWSIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUpto 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.largedb.r6i.large
Hardware Basisr6g.larger6i.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.largedb.r6i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.3287$0.348▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.3287$0.348▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.3287$0.348▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.336$0.356▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3615$0.3828▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.3616$0.3828▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.3627$0.384▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.3627$0.384▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.3627$0.384▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.3627$0.384▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.3778$0.4▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.3797$0.408▲ 7%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.3854$0.408▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.3967$0.42▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.3977$0.421▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.4305$0.4558▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.4364$0.462▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.6801$0.72▲ 6%

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