db.m6i.largevsdb.m7i.large

db.m6i.large and db.m7i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.178 per hour.

At a glancedb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
On-demand$0.178/hr$0.178/hr
Lowest rate$0.114/hr4% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.119/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.m7i.largedb.m7i.large vs db.m6i.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.178$0.178Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.11433% off$0.119▲ 4%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.1424—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6i.large leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
9% higher
Where db.m7i.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
Familym6im7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor84
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6i.largedb.m7i.large
Hardware Basism6i.largem7i.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m6i.largedb.m7i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.178$0.178Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.178$0.178Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.178$0.178Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.187$0.187Same
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.187$0.187Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.196$0.196Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.197$0.197Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.197$0.197Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.203$0.203Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.206$0.206Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.206$0.206Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.207$0.207Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.207$0.207Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.208$0.217▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.21$0.21Same
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.21$0.21Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.21$0.21Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.21$0.21Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.212$0.212Same
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.222$0.222Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.233$0.233Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.233$0.233Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.247$0.247Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.247$0.247Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.247$0.247Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.247$0.247Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.247$0.247Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.253$0.253Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.259$0.259Same
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2594$0.2594Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.272$0.2715Same

Keep exploring

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

db.m6i.largeGeneral purpose, m6i family
db.m6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare db.m6i.large with

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db.m7i.largeGeneral purpose, m7i family
db.m7i.large prices and specsEvery size in the m7i family

Compare db.m7i.large with

db.t3.largedb.m7g.largedb.r7i.largedb.t2.largedb.m8i.large

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