db.m6id.2xlargevsdb.r6id.2xlarge

db.m6id.2xlarge is 25% cheaper than db.r6id.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $216.08 a month.

At a glancedb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
On-demand$0.897/hr25% less$1.193/hr
Lowest rate$0.6905/hr25% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.9185/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge vs db.m6id.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.897$1.193▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.690523% off$0.9185▲ 33%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m6id.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.897 vs $1.193 per hour
25% cheaper
Where db.r6id.2xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

10 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3264
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 8 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
Storage–1 x 474 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 474 GB SSD1 × 474 GB SSD
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 details4 of 4 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
Familym6idr6id
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor1648
Other1 of 1 differdb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlarge
Hardware Basism6id.2xlarger6id.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m6id.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m6id.2xlargedb.r6id.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.897$1.193▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.897$1.193▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.897$1.193▲ 33%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.94$1.252▲ 33%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.986$1.311▲ 33%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.991$1.326▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.072$1.447▲ 35%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.116$1.284▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$1.116$1.284▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$1.12$1.288▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.243$1.431▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.247$1.443▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.31$1.516▲ 16%

Keep exploring

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

db.m6id.2xlargem6id family
db.m6id.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6id family

Compare db.m6id.2xlarge with

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db.r6id.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6id family

Compare db.r6id.2xlarge with

db.r6i.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r6gd.2xlargedb.r5d.2xlarge

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