db.m7i.largevsdb.m8i.large

db.m7i.large is 6% cheaper than db.m8i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.76 a month.

At a glancedb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
On-demand$0.178/hr6% less$0.19/hr
Lowest rate$0.119/hr7% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1273/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m7i.largedb.m8i.largedb.m8i.large vs db.m7i.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.178$0.19▲ 7%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$0.11933% off$0.1273▲ 7%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$0.0893—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.142420% off$0.152▲ 7%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m7i.large leads
On-demand price$0.178 vs $0.19 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.m8i.large leads
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher
Network baseline0.937 Gbps vs 0.781 Gbps
20% higher

Specs

7 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 3 differdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
NetworkUp to 12.5 GbpsUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
Familym7im8i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor4–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m7i.largedb.m8i.large
Hardware Basism7i.largem8i.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m7i.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m7i.largedb.m8i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.178$0.19▲ 7%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.178$0.19▲ 7%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.178$0.19▲ 7%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.196$0.21▲ 7%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.197$0.207▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.197$0.21▲ 7%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.203$0.21▲ 3%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.206$0.216▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.206$0.22▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.21$0.23▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.212$0.22▲ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.233$0.24▲ 3%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.247$0.26▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.247$0.26▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.247$0.26▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.247$0.26▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.253$0.27▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2594$0.2724▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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

db.m7i.largeGeneral purpose, m7i family
db.m7i.large prices and specsEvery size in the m7i family

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