db.r6g.2xlargevsdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x

db.r6g.2xlarge is 76% cheaper than db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,065.17 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancedb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
On-demand$0.899/hr76% less$3.728/hr
Lowest rate$0.5194/hr81% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.684/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x vs db.r6g.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.899$3.728▲ 315%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.519428% off$2.684▲ 417%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.899 vs $3.728 per hour
76% cheaper
Where db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 64
4× higher

Specs

20 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 8 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
vCPUs88
Physical cores8–
Threads per core1–
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
CPU makerAWS–
Sustained clock2.5 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Memory (GiB)64256
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit12.5 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps–
Network peak10 Gbps–
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth2,375 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput296.875 MB/s–
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS12,000–
EBS max IOPS20,000–
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor16128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Hardware Basisr6g.2xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6g.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6g.2xlargedb.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.899$3.728▲ 315%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.899$3.728▲ 315%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.899$3.728▲ 315%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.92$4.08▲ 343%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.924$3.92▲ 324%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.972$4.096▲ 321%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.972$4.096▲ 321%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.007$4.128▲ 310%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.007$4.112▲ 308%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$1.008$4.128▲ 310%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.024$4.208▲ 311%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.025$4.208▲ 311%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.056$4.336▲ 311%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.056$4.336▲ 311%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.057$4.352▲ 312%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$1.058$4.334▲ 310%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.078$4.432▲ 311%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$1.079$4.432▲ 311%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$1.079$4.424▲ 310%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.079$4.432▲ 311%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.079$4.432▲ 311%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.079$4.424▲ 310%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.079$4.432▲ 311%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.079$4.488▲ 316%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.079$4.48▲ 315%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.097$4.512▲ 311%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$1.108$4.544▲ 310%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$1.108$4.544▲ 310%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.187$4.875▲ 311%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.198$4.912▲ 310%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$1.206$4.963▲ 312%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.871$7.776▲ 316%

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