db.m6i.24xlargevsdb.m6idn.24xlarge

db.m6i.24xlarge is 40% cheaper than db.m6idn.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,099.68 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
On-demand$8.544/hr40% less$14.16/hr
Lowest rate$5.472/hr50% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$10.903/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 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.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge vs db.m6i.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.544$14.16▲ 66%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$5.47223% off$10.903▲ 99%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.544 vs $14.16 per hour
40% cheaper
Where db.m6idn.24xlarge leads
Network baseline150 Gbps vs 37.5 Gbps
4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth75,000 Mbps vs 30,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

17 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
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.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
Network–150 Gbps
Network baseline37.5 Gbps150 Gbps
Network peak37.5 Gbps150 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
Storage–4 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks–4 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps75,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps75,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s9,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s9,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000300,000
EBS max IOPS120,000300,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
Familym6im6idn
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor192192
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlarge
Hardware Basism6i.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.24xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.544$14.16▲ 66%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.544$14.16▲ 66%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.544$14.16▲ 66%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.456$15.716▲ 66%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$11.856$19.577▲ 65%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.24xlargem6i family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.