db.m6i.12xlargevsdb.m6in.12xlarge

db.m6i.12xlarge is 31% cheaper than db.m6in.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,405.25 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
On-demand$4.272/hr31% less$6.197/hr
Lowest rate$2.736/hr43% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.771/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge vs db.m6i.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.272$6.197▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$2.73623% off$4.771▲ 74%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.272 vs $6.197 per hour
31% cheaper
Where db.m6in.12xlarge leads
Network baseline75 Gbps vs 18.75 Gbps
4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth37,500 Mbps vs 15,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

17 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
Network–75 Gbps
Network baseline18.75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps75 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps37,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps37,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s4,687.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s4,687.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000150,000
EBS max IOPS60,000150,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
Familym6im6in
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor96192
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlarge
Hardware Basism6i.12xlargem6in.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.12xlargedb.m6in.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.272$6.197▲ 45%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.272$6.197▲ 45%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.272$6.197▲ 45%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.488$13.171▲ 193%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.728$6.876▲ 45%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.088$14.681▲ 189%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.928$15.202▲ 156%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.928$15.618▲ 163%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.928$8.558▲ 44%

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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.