db.m6i.16xlargevsdb.m6idn.16xlarge

db.m6i.16xlarge is 40% cheaper than db.m6idn.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,733.12 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
On-demand$5.696/hr40% less$9.44/hr
Lowest rate$3.648/hr50% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$7.269/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 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.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge vs db.m6i.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.696$9.44▲ 66%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$3.64823% off$7.269▲ 99%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.696 vs $9.44 per hour
40% cheaper
Where db.m6idn.16xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps vs 20,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

18 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
Network–100 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
Storage–2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000200,000
EBS max IOPS80,000200,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
Familym6im6idn
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor128256
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlarge
Hardware Basism6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.16xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.16xlargedb.m6idn.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.696$9.44▲ 66%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.696$9.44▲ 66%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.696$9.44▲ 66%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.304$10.478▲ 66%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.904$13.051▲ 65%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.16xlargem6i family
db.m6i.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

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db.m6idn.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6idn family

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