db.m6gd.largevsdb.r6gd.large

db.m6gd.large is 27% cheaper than db.r6gd.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $51.10 a month.

At a glancedb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
On-demand$0.187/hr27% less$0.257/hr
Lowest rate$0.1437/hr27% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.198/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.largedb.r6gd.large vs db.m6gd.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.187$0.257▲ 37%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.143723% off$0.198▲ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6gd.large leads
On-demand price$0.187 vs $0.257 per hour
27% cheaper
Where db.r6gd.large leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

5 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
Memory (GiB)816
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
StorageAll 8 matchdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
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 details3 of 4 differdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
Familym6gdr6gd
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor48
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.large
Hardware Basism6gd.larger6gd.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6gd.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6gd.largedb.r6gd.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.187$0.257▲ 37%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.187$0.257▲ 37%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.187$0.257▲ 37%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.196$0.27▲ 38%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.206$0.278▲ 35%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.206$0.286▲ 39%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.206$0.286▲ 39%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.214$0.293▲ 37%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.216$0.302▲ 40%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.216$0.3▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.22$0.309▲ 40%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.22$0.309▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.221$0.263▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.221$0.263▲ 19%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.224$0.311▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.235$0.278▲ 18%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.246$0.3415▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.26$0.309▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.26$0.309▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.261$0.309▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.262$0.311▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.27$0.294▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.276$0.3091▲ 12%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6gd.largeGeneral purpose, m6gd family
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db.r6gd.large prices and specsEvery size in the r6gd family

Compare db.r6gd.large with

db.r6g.largedb.r6id.largedb.c6gd.largedb.r8gd.large

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