db.m2.4xlargevsdb.m4.4xlarge

db.m2.4xlarge is 5% cheaper than db.m4.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $51.83 a month. Per vCPU, db.m4.4xlarge costs 47% less.

At a glancedb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
On-demand$1.39/hr5% less$1.461/hr
Size8 vCPUs, 68.4 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge vs db.m2.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.39$1.461▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m2.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.39 vs $1.461 per hour
5% cheaper
Memory (GiB)68.4 vs 64
7% higher
Where db.m4.4xlarge leads
vCPUs16 vs 8
2× higher
Network baseline2 Gbps vs 1 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps vs 1,000 Mbps
2× higher

Specs

21 of 26 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 8 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
vCPUs816
Physical cores88
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock–2.4 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)68.464
Networking2 of 3 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
NetworkHigh–
Network baseline1 Gbps2 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage9 of 9 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
Storage2 x 840–
Local disks2 × 840 GB HDD–
EBS throughput1000 Mbps–
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,00016,000
EBS max IOPS8,00016,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
Familym2m4
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationNo–
Normalization factor3232
Other1 of 1 differdb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlarge
Hardware Basism2.4xlargem4.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m2.4xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m2.4xlargedb.m4.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.39$1.461▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.39$1.461▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.465$2.122▲ 45%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.51$1.705▲ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.512$1.612▲ 7%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.58$1.744▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.595$2.169▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.595$2.053▲ 29%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.70$1.908▲ 12%

Keep exploring

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

db.m2.4xlargeMemory optimized, m2 family
db.m2.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m2 family
db.m4.4xlargem4 family
db.m4.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.