db.m6i.largevsdb.m6in.large

db.m6i.large is 31% cheaper than db.m6in.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $58.40 a month.

At a glancedb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
On-demand$0.178/hr31% less$0.258/hr
Lowest rate$0.114/hr43% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1988/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largedb.m6in.largedb.m6in.large vs db.m6i.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.178$0.258▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.11423% off$0.1988▲ 74%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.large leads
On-demand price$0.178 vs $0.258 per hour
31% cheaper
Where db.m6in.large leads
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 0.781 Gbps
4× higher
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps vs 10,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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.largedb.m6in.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
Network–Up to 25 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps25 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6006,250
EBS max IOPS40,000100,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
Familym6im6in
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor88
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.largedb.m6in.large
Hardware Basism6i.largem6in.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6i.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6i.largedb.m6in.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.178$0.258▲ 45%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.178$0.258▲ 45%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.178$0.258▲ 45%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.187$0.549▲ 194%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.197$0.286▲ 45%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.212$0.612▲ 189%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.247$0.633▲ 156%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.247$0.651▲ 164%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.247$0.357▲ 45%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.largeGeneral purpose, m6i family
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db.m6in.largeGeneral purpose, m6in family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.