db.m6g.xlargevsdb.r6g.xlarge

db.m6g.xlarge is 29% cheaper than db.r6g.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $96.36 a month.

At a glancedb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
On-demand$0.318/hr29% less$0.45/hr
Lowest rate$0.2037/hr22% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.2597/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargedb.r6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge vs db.m6g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.318$0.45▲ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.203742% off$0.2597▲ 27%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.318 vs $0.45 per hour
29% cheaper
Where db.r6g.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher

Specs

8 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
Processor–AWS Graviton2
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1632
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
Network–Up to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth1,188 Mbps1,188 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput148.5 MB/s148.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
Familym6gr6g
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor88
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlarge
Hardware Basism6g.xlarger6g.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m6g.xlargedb.r6g.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.318$0.45▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.318$0.45▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.318$0.45▲ 42%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.334$0.462▲ 38%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.334$0.472▲ 41%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.35$0.486▲ 39%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.35$0.486▲ 39%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.352$0.504▲ 43%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.352$0.504▲ 43%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.363$0.504▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.368$0.529▲ 44%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.368$0.528▲ 43%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.37$0.528▲ 43%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.37$0.529▲ 43%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.372$0.54▲ 45%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.372$0.54▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.376$0.46▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.376$0.46▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.379$0.549▲ 45%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.386$0.554▲ 44%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.386$0.554▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.398$0.486▲ 22%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.416$0.603▲ 45%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.416$0.935▲ 125%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.417$0.599▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.441$0.54▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.452$0.512▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.452$0.513▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.4642$0.567▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.468$0.539▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.485$0.593▲ 22%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6g.xlargem6g family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.