db.r7g.16xlargevsdb.r8g.16xlarge

db.r8g.16xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.r7g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.76 a month.

At a glancedb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
On-demand$8.844/hr$8.832/hr0% less
Lowest rate$7.075/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$7.066/hr0% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge vs db.r7g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.844$8.832Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$7.07520% off$7.066Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7g.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.r8g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.832 vs $8.844 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.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit30
Network baseline30 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps30 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
Familyr7gr8g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor166.4128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr7g.16xlarger8g.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7g.16xlarge first. Standard storage, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7g.16xlargedb.r8g.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.844$8.832Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.844$8.832Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.844$8.832Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.726$9.713Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.759$9.715Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.759$9.745Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.759$9.715Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$10.165$10.151Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$10.37$10.355Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$10.674$10.659Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$10.674$10.659Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$10.674$10.687Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$10.674$10.659Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.674$10.659Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.674$10.659Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$10.674$10.659Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$10.701$10.687Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$11.742$11.747Same

Keep exploring

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

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.r6g.16xlarge
db.r8g.16xlargeMemory optimized, r8g family
db.r8g.16xlarge 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.