db.m8g.24xlargevsdb.r8g.24xlarge

db.m8g.24xlarge is 30% cheaper than db.r8g.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,487.84 a month.

At a glancedb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
On-demand$8.064/hr30% less$11.472/hr
Lowest rate$3.79/hr30% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$5.392/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 512 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge vs db.m8g.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.064$11.472▲ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$5.40333% off$7.686▲ 42%
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$3.7953% off$5.392▲ 42%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$6.45120% off$9.178▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8g.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.064 vs $11.472 per hour
30% cheaper
Where db.r8g.24xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 512
50% higher

Specs

8 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores9696
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4–
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)512768
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
Network40 Gigabit–
Network baseline40 Gbps40 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps40 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
Familym8gr8g
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor192192
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlarge
Hardware Basism8g.24xlarger8g.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8g.24xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8g.24xlargedb.r8g.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.064$11.472▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.064$11.472▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.064$11.472▲ 42%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.496$11.76▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.928$12.864▲ 44%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.928$12.864▲ 44%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.216$12.864▲ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.36$13.464▲ 44%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.36$13.46▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$9.552$11.712▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.60$13.968▲ 46%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$10.608$15.36▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$11.232$13.776▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$11.242$13.776▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$11.242$13.776▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$11.251$13.771▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$11.496$13.056▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$11.52$13.056▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$12.384$15.148▲ 22%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$12.822$18.241▲ 42%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8g.24xlargeGeneral purpose, m8g family
db.m8g.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

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