db.m7g.largevsdb.m8g.large

db.m7g.large and db.m8g.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.168 per hour.

At a glancedb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
On-demand$0.168/hr$0.168/hr
Lowest rate$0.1297/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.113/hr13% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largedb.m8g.largedb.m8g.large vs db.m7g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.168$0.168Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.129733% off$0.113▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.0789—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.134420% off$0.1344Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7g.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m8g.large leads
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.largedb.m8g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 6 matchdb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details1 of 2 differdb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
Familym7gm8g
Normalization factor44
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7g.largedb.m8g.large
Hardware Basism7g.largem8g.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m7g.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m7g.largedb.m8g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.168$0.168Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.168$0.168Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.168$0.168Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.177$0.177Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.186$0.186Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1864$0.186Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.192$0.192Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.195$0.195Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1952$0.195Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.199$0.199Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2$0.2Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.221$0.221Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.221$0.2671▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.234$0.234Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.234$0.234Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.234$0.234Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.2344$0.2344Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.2396$0.24Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.24$0.24Same

Keep exploring

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

db.m7g.largem7g family
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