db.m6i.2xlargevsdb.m7i.2xlarge

db.m6i.2xlarge and db.m7i.2xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.712 per hour. Per vCPU, db.m6i.2xlarge costs 50% less.

At a glancedb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.712/hr$0.712/hr
Lowest rate$0.456/hr4% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.477/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge vs db.m6i.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.712$0.712Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.45633% off$0.477▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.5696—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.2xlarge leads
vCPUs8 vs 4
2× higher
Where db.m7i.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

6 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
vCPUs84
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 12.5 GbpsUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
Familym6im7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor16–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlarge
Hardware Basism6i.2xlargem7i.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.2xlargedb.m7i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.712$0.712Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.712$0.712Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.712$0.712Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.748$0.748Same
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.748$0.748Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.784$0.784Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.788$0.788Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.788$0.788Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.812$0.812Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.824$0.824Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.824$0.824Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.827$0.828Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.827$0.827Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.832$0.868▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.84$0.84Same
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.84$0.84Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.84$0.84Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.84$0.84Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.848$0.848Same
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.888$0.888Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.932$0.932Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.932$0.932Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.988$0.988Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.988$0.988Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.988$0.988Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.988$0.988Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.988$0.988Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.012$1.012Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.036$1.036Same
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.038$1.038Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.087$1.086Same

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m6i family
db.m6i.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare db.m6i.2xlarge with

db.m6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.t3.2xlargedb.m6id.2xlargedb.m6idn.2xlargedb.m6in.2xlargedb.t2.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
db.m7i.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m7i family
db.m7i.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7i family

Compare db.m7i.2xlarge with

db.m7g.2xlargedb.r7i.2xlargedb.r7i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.m8i.2xlarge

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