db.m7g.largevsdb.r7g.large

db.m7g.large is 30% cheaper than db.r7g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $51.83 a month.

At a glancedb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
On-demand$0.168/hr30% less$0.239/hr
Lowest rate$0.1297/hr30% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1841/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.r7g.largedb.r7g.large vs db.m7g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.168$0.239▲ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.129723% off$0.1841▲ 42%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.134420% off$0.1912▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7g.large leads
On-demand price$0.168 vs $0.239 per hour
30% cheaper
Where db.r7g.large leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

9 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
Processor–AWS Graviton3
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
Memory (GiB)816
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
Network–Up to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
Storage–Aurora IO Optimization Mode
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 details4 of 4 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
Familym7gr7g
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor45.2
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7g.largedb.r7g.large
Hardware Basism7g.larger7g.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m7g.largedb.r7g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.168$0.239▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.168$0.239▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.168$0.239▲ 42%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.176$0.251▲ 43%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.177$0.2454▲ 39%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1856$0.2582▲ 39%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.186$0.268▲ 44%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1864$0.2678▲ 44%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.192$0.2678▲ 39%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.195$0.318▲ 63%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1952$0.2805▲ 44%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.197$0.282▲ 43%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.198$0.287▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.199$0.244▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.199$0.244▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2$0.291▲ 45%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.2044$0.294▲ 44%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.205$0.333▲ 62%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.211$0.258▲ 22%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.221$0.32▲ 45%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.221$0.38▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.234$0.287▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.234$0.287▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.234$0.287▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.2344$0.2869▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.235$0.287▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.2396$0.272▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.24$0.272▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2457$0.3014▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.249$0.287▲ 15%

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