db.m7i.16xlargevsdb.m8i.16xlarge

db.m7i.16xlarge is 5% cheaper than db.m8i.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $207.32 a month.

At a glancedb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
On-demand$5.696/hr5% less$5.98/hr
Lowest rate$3.816/hr5% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.007/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge vs db.m7i.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.696$5.98▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$3.81633% off$4.007▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$2.811—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$4.55720% off$4.784▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7i.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.696 vs $5.98 per hour
5% cheaper
Where db.m8i.16xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher

Specs

12 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
Network25 Gbps–
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
Familym7im8i
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor256–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
Hardware Basism7i.16xlargem8i.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m7i.16xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m7i.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.696$5.98▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.696$5.98▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.696$5.98▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.272$6.59▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.304$6.619▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$6.304$6.62▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.496$6.82▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.592$6.922▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$6.592$6.92▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$6.72$7.41▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.784$7.12▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.456$7.83▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.904$8.30▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.904$8.30▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.904$8.30▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.904$8.30▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.096$8.50▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$8.301$8.716▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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

db.m7i.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m7i family
db.m7i.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7i family

Compare db.m7i.16xlarge with

db.m7g.16xlargedb.r7i.16xlargedb.m6i.16xlarge
db.m8i.16xlargem8i family
db.m8i.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family

Compare db.m8i.16xlarge with

db.m8g.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlargedb.m8a.16xlarge

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 33–53% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

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