db.m6g.largevsdb.r6g.large

db.m6g.large is 29% cheaper than db.r6g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $48.18 a month.

At a glancedb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
On-demand$0.159/hr29% less$0.225/hr
Lowest rate$0.1018/hr22% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1298/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.r6g.largedb.r6g.large vs db.m6g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.159$0.225▲ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.101842% off$0.1298▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6g.large leads
On-demand price$0.159 vs $0.225 per hour
29% cheaper
Where db.r6g.large leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

3 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 7 matchdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
Memory (GiB)816
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
StorageAll 6 matchdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Instance details1 of 2 differdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
Familym6gr6g
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6g.largedb.r6g.large
Hardware Basism6g.larger6g.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m6g.largedb.r6g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.159$0.225▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.159$0.225▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.159$0.225▲ 42%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.167$0.231▲ 38%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.167$0.236▲ 41%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.175$0.243▲ 39%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.175$0.243▲ 39%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.176$0.252▲ 43%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.176$0.252▲ 43%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.181$0.252▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.184$0.264▲ 43%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.184$0.264▲ 43%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.185$0.264▲ 43%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.185$0.265▲ 43%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.186$0.27▲ 45%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.186$0.27▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.188$0.23▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.188$0.23▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.189$0.274▲ 45%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.193$0.277▲ 44%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.193$0.277▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.199$0.243▲ 22%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.208$0.301▲ 45%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.208$0.468▲ 125%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.209$0.299▲ 43%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.221$0.27▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.226$0.256▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.226$0.256▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2321$0.2835▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.234$0.27▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.243$0.297▲ 22%

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