db.r7g.xlargevsdb.r8g.xlarge

db.r8g.xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.r7g.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.73 a month.

At a glancedb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
On-demand$0.553/hr$0.552/hr0% less
Lowest rate$0.4424/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$0.4416/hr0% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargedb.r8g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge vs db.r7g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.553$0.552Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.442420% off$0.4416Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7g.xlarge leads
Network baseline1.876 Gbps vs 1.875 Gbps
0% higher
Where db.r8g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.552 vs $0.553 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.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
Networkup to 12.5up to 12.5
Network baseline1.876 Gbps1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 1 matchdb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
Familyr7gr8g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor10.48
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlarge
Hardware Basisr7g.xlarger8g.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r7g.xlargedb.r8g.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.553$0.552Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.553$0.552Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.553$0.552Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.6081$0.607Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.6102$0.6072Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.6102$0.609Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.6102$0.6072Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.6356$0.6344Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.6483$0.6472Same
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.6674$0.6661Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.6674$0.6661Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.6674$0.6679Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.6674$0.6661Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.6674$0.6661Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.6674$0.6661Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.6674$0.6661Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.6691$0.6679Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.7341$0.7342Same

Keep exploring

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

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