db.r7g.12xlargevsdb.r8g.12xlarge

db.r8g.12xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.r7g.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $6.57 a month.

At a glancedb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
On-demand$6.633/hr$6.624/hr0% less
Lowest rate$5.306/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$5.299/hr0% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
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.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge vs db.r7g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.633$6.624Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$5.30620% off$5.299Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7g.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r8g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.624 vs $6.633 per hour
0% cheaper
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

6 of 18 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
Network18.75 Gigabit22.5
Network baseline22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
Familyr7gr8g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor124.896
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr7g.12xlarger8g.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7g.12xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.633$6.624Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.633$6.624Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.633$6.624Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$7.295$7.285Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$7.319$7.286Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$7.319$7.309Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$7.319$7.286Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$7.624$7.613Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$7.777$7.766Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$8.005$7.994Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.005$7.994Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.005$8.015Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.005$7.994Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.005$7.994Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.005$7.994Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.005$7.994Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$8.026$8.015Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$8.806$8.81Same

Keep exploring

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

db.r7g.12xlargeMemory optimized, r7g family
db.r7g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r7g family

Compare db.r7g.12xlarge with

db.r7i.12xlargedb.r6g.12xlarge
db.r8g.12xlargeMemory optimized, r8g family
db.r8g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8g family

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