db.m7g.xlargevsdb.m8g.xlarge

db.m8g.xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.m7g.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.73 a month.

At a glancedb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
On-demand$0.337/hr$0.336/hr0% less
Lowest rate$0.2595/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.225/hr13% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
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.xlargedb.m8g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge vs db.m7g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.337$0.336Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.259533% off$0.225▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.1579—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.269620% off$0.2688Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7g.xlarge leads
Network baseline1.876 Gbps vs 1.875 Gbps
0% higher
Where db.m8g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.336 vs $0.337 per hour
0% cheaper
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

6 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3AWS Graviton4
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
NetworkUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline1.876 Gbps1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
Familym7gm8g
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor816
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlarge
Hardware Basism7g.xlargem8g.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m7g.xlargedb.m8g.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.337$0.336Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.337$0.336Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.337$0.336Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.354$0.354Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.372$0.372Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3728$0.372Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.384$0.384Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.39$0.39Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.3904$0.39Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.398$0.398Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.401$0.4Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.442$0.442Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.442$0.5342▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.468$0.468Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.468$0.468Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.468$0.468Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.4688$0.4688Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.479$0.479Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.4792$0.48Same

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare db.m7g.xlarge with

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db.m8g.xlargeGeneral purpose, m8g family
db.m8g.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

Compare db.m8g.xlarge with

db.m8i.xlargedb.t4g.xlargedb.r8g.xlargedb.m8a.xlargedb.m8gd.xlargedb.m9g.xlarge

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