db.m6g.largevsdb.m7g.large

db.m6g.large is 5% cheaper than db.m7g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $6.57 a month.

At a glancedb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
On-demand$0.159/hr5% less$0.168/hr
Lowest rate$0.1018/hr22% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1297/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
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.largedb.m7g.largedb.m7g.large vs db.m6g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.159$0.168▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.101823% off$0.1297▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.1344—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6g.large leads
On-demand price$0.159 vs $0.168 per hour
5% cheaper
Where db.m7g.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

8 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 2 differdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage3 of 6 differdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Instance details1 of 2 differdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
Familym6gm7g
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6g.largedb.m7g.large
Hardware Basism6g.largem7g.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6g.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6g.largedb.m7g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.159$0.168▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.159$0.168▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.159$0.168▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.167$0.177▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.167$0.176▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.175$0.1856▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.176$0.186▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.176$0.1864▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.181$0.192▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.184$0.1952▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.184$0.195▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.185$0.197▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.186$0.198▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.188$0.199▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.188$0.199▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.189$0.2▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.193$0.2044▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.193$0.205▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.199$0.211▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.208$0.221▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.208$0.221▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.221$0.235▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.221$0.235▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.221$0.2344▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.221$0.234▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.221$0.234▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.221$0.234▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.226$0.2396▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.226$0.24▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2321$0.2457▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.234$0.249▲ 6%

Keep exploring

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

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