db.m7g.8xlargevsdb.m8g.8xlarge

db.m8g.8xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.m7g.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $5.84 a month.

At a glancedb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
On-demand$2.696/hr$2.688/hr0% less
Lowest rate$2.076/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$1.801/hr13% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 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.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge vs db.m7g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.696$2.688Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$2.07633% off$1.801▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$1.263—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$2.15720% off$2.15Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7g.8xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m8g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.688 vs $2.696 per hour
0% cheaper
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

3 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
Network baseline15 Gbps15 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps15 Gbps
StorageAll 6 matchdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details1 of 2 differdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
Familym7gm8g
Normalization factor6464
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlarge
Hardware Basism7g.8xlargem8g.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m7g.8xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m7g.8xlargedb.m8g.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.696$2.688Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.696$2.688Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.696$2.688Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.832$2.832Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.98$2.976Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.982$2.976Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.072$3.072Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.12$3.12Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.123$3.12Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.184$3.184Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.205$3.20Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.536$3.536Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.536$4.274▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.747$3.747Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.747$3.747Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.747$3.744Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.75$3.75Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.832$3.832Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$3.834$3.84Same

Keep exploring

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

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