db.m6i.12xlargevsdb.m7i.12xlarge

db.m6i.12xlarge and db.m7i.12xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $4.272 per hour. Per vCPU, db.m6i.12xlarge costs 50% less.

At a glancedb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
On-demand$4.272/hr$4.272/hr
Lowest rate$2.736/hr4% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.862/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB24 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.m7i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge vs db.m6i.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.272$4.272Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$2.73633% off$2.862▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$3.418—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.12xlarge leads
vCPUs48 vs 24
2× higher
Where db.m7i.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

11 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 8 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
vCPUs4824
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
Network–18.75 Gbps
Network baseline18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
Familym6im7i
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor96–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlarge
Hardware Basism6i.12xlargem7i.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m6i.12xlargedb.m7i.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.272$4.272Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.272$4.272Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.272$4.272Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.488$4.488Same
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$4.488$4.488Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.704$4.704Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.728$4.728Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.728$4.728Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.872$4.872Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.944$4.944Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.944$4.944Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.962$4.968Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.964$4.964Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$4.992$5.208▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$5.04$5.04Same
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$5.04$5.04Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$5.04$5.04Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$5.04$5.04Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.088$5.088Same
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$5.328$5.328Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$5.592$5.592Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.592$5.592Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$5.928$5.928Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.928$5.928Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.928$5.928Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.928$5.928Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.928$5.928Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.072$6.072Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$6.216$6.216Same
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$6.226$6.226Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$6.521$6.516Same

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.12xlargem6i family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.