db.m8g.48xlargevsdb.r8g.48xlarge

db.m8g.48xlarge is 30% cheaper than db.r8g.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,975.68 a month.

At a glancedb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
On-demand$16.128/hr30% less$22.944/hr
Lowest rate$7.58/hr30% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$10.784/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 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.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge vs db.m8g.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$16.128$22.944▲ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$10.80633% off$15.372▲ 42%
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$7.5853% off$10.784▲ 42%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$12.90220% off$18.355▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m8g.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$16.128 vs $22.944 per hour
30% cheaper
Where db.r8g.48xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)1,536 vs 768
2× higher

Specs

9 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
Processor–AWS Graviton4
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.7 GHz2.7 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)7681,536
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
Network–50 Gigabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
Familym8gr8g
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor384768
Other1 of 1 differdb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlarge
Hardware Basism8g.48xlarger8g.48xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m8g.48xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m8g.48xlargedb.r8g.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$16.128$22.944▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$16.128$22.944▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$16.128$22.944▲ 42%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$16.992$23.52▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$17.856$25.728▲ 44%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$17.856$25.728▲ 44%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$18.432$25.728▲ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$18.72$26.928▲ 44%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$18.72$26.921▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$19.104$23.424▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$19.20$27.936▲ 46%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$21.216$30.72▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$22.464$27.552▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$22.484$27.552▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$22.484$27.552▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$22.502$27.542▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$22.992$26.112▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$23.04$26.112▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$24.768$30.296▲ 22%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$25.643$36.481▲ 42%

Keep exploring

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

db.m8g.48xlargem8g family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.