db.m6i.2xlargevsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x

db.m6i.2xlarge is 90% cheaper than db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,923.12 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demand$0.712/hr90% less$7.456/hr
Lowest rate$0.456/hr92% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$5.368/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront

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.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x vs db.m6i.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.45628% off$5.368▲ 1077%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.712 vs $7.456 per hour
90% cheaper
Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

24 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 8 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
vCPUs8–
Physical cores4–
Threads per core2–
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake–
CPU makerIntel–
Sustained clock3.5 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Memory (GiB)32–
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps–
Network baseline3.125 Gbps–
Network peak12.5 Gbps–
Storage7 of 7 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s–
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS12,000–
EBS max IOPS40,000–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Familym6ir6i
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor16128
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Hardware Basism6i.2xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.748$7.84▲ 948%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.784$8.192▲ 945%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.784$8.192▲ 945%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.788$8.256▲ 948%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.788$8.256▲ 948%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.812$8.224▲ 913%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.824$8.704▲ 956%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.824$8.672▲ 952%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.827$8.672▲ 949%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.827$8.669▲ 948%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.832$9.088▲ 992%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.84$8.16▲ 871%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.84$8.976▲ 969%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.84$8.96▲ 967%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.848$9.024▲ 964%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.868$9.088▲ 947%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.932$9.926▲ 965%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.932$15.552▲ 1569%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.936$9.824▲ 950%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.988$8.848▲ 796%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.012$8.416▲ 732%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.012$8.416▲ 732%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.036$8.864▲ 756%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.087$9.75▲ 797%

Keep exploring

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