db.m7g.12xlargevsdb.m8g.12xlarge

db.m8g.12xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.m7g.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.76 a month.

At a glancedb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
On-demand$4.044/hr$4.032/hr0% less
Lowest rate$3.114/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.701/hr13% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge vs db.m7g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.044$4.032Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$3.11433% off$2.701▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$1.895—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$3.23520% off$3.226Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7g.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m8g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.032 vs $4.044 per hour
0% cheaper
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

9 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3–
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit–
Network baseline22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
Familym7gm8g
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor19296
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlarge
Hardware Basism7g.12xlargem8g.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m7g.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m7g.12xlargedb.m8g.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.044$4.032Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.044$4.032Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.044$4.032Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.248$4.248Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.47$4.464Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.474$4.464Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.608$4.608Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.68$4.68Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.685$4.68Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$4.776$4.776Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.807$4.80Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$5.304$5.304Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.304$6.411▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.621$5.621Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.621$5.621Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.621$5.616Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.626$5.626Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$5.748$5.748Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$5.75$5.76Same

Keep exploring

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

db.m7g.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m7g family
db.m7g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7g family

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