db.r6g.xlargevsdb.r7g.xlarge

db.r7g.xlarge is 16% cheaper than db.r6g.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $76.21 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
On-demand$0.6574/hr$0.553/hr16% less
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargedb.r7g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge vs db.r6g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.6574$0.553▼ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.4424—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r7g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.553 vs $0.6574 per hour
16% cheaper
Network baseline1.876 Gbps vs 1.25 Gbps
50% 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.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton3
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabitup to 12.5
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.876 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor10.410.4
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.xlarger7g.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.xlargedb.r7g.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.6574$0.553▼ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.6574$0.553▼ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.6574$0.553▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.673$0.5652▼ 16%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.7231$0.6081▼ 16%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.7254$0.6102▼ 16%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.7254$0.6102▼ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.7254$0.6102▼ 16%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.7254$0.6102▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.7462$0.6356▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.7708$0.6483▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.7934$0.6691▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.7934$0.6674▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.8728$0.7341▼ 16%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.36$1.144▼ 16%

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare db.r6g.xlarge with

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

Compare db.r7g.xlarge with

db.r7i.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge

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