db.m6g.16xlargevsdb.m7g.16xlarge

db.m6g.16xlarge is 6% cheaper than db.m7g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $221.92 a month.

At a glancedb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
On-demand$5.088/hr6% less$5.392/hr
Lowest rate$3.259/hr22% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.152/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton3
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge vs db.m6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.088$5.392▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$3.25923% off$4.152▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$4.314—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.088 vs $5.392 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.m7g.16xlarge leads
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

10 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton3
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking2 of 3 differdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Storage4 of 7 differdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
Familym6gm7g
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlarge
Hardware Basism6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6g.16xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6g.16xlargedb.m7g.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.088$5.392▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.088$5.392▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.088$5.392▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$5.344$5.632▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$5.345$5.664▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$5.603$5.939▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.631$5.959▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$5.632$5.965▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.803$6.144▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$5.888$6.246▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$5.888$6.24▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$5.914$6.304▲ 7%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$5.946$6.336▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$6.016$6.368▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$6.016$6.368▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.06$6.409▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$6.176$6.541▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$6.176$6.56▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$6.368$6.752▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$6.656$7.072▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.66$7.072▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$7.06$7.52▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$7.06$7.52▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.06$7.501▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.06$7.494▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.06$7.494▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.06$7.494▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$7.232$7.667▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$7.232$7.664▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$7.427$7.862▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$7.494$7.968▲ 6%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6g.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m6g family
db.m6g.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6g family

Compare db.m6g.16xlarge with

db.m6i.16xlargedb.r6g.16xlargedb.m6gd.16xlarge
db.m7g.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m7g family
db.m7g.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7g family

Compare db.m7g.16xlarge with

db.r7g.16xlargedb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8g.16xlarge

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