db.r6g.4xlargevsdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x

db.r6g.4xlarge is 52% cheaper than db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,408.90 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.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demand$1.798/hr52% less$3.728/hr
Lowest rate$1.039/hr61% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$2.684/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 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.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x vs db.r6g.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.798$3.728▲ 107%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$1.03928% off$2.684▲ 158%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.798 vs $3.728 per hour
52% cheaper
Where db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher

Specs

19 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 8 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
vCPUs1616
Physical cores16–
Threads per core1–
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
CPU makerAWS–
Sustained clock2.5 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Memory (GiB)128256
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit12.5 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps–
Network peak10 Gbps–
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s–
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS20,000–
EBS max IOPS20,000–
Instance details1 of 4 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Hardware Basisr6g.4xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6g.4xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6g.4xlargedb.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.798$3.728▲ 107%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.798$3.728▲ 107%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.798$3.728▲ 107%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.84$4.08▲ 122%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.849$3.92▲ 112%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.944$4.096▲ 111%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$1.944$4.096▲ 111%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.014$4.128▲ 105%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.014$4.112▲ 104%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.016$4.128▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.048$4.208▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.05$4.208▲ 105%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.112$4.336▲ 105%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.112$4.336▲ 105%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.115$4.352▲ 106%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.117$4.334▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.157$4.432▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.158$4.432▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.158$4.424▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.158$4.432▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.158$4.432▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.158$4.424▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.158$4.432▲ 105%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.158$4.488▲ 108%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.158$4.48▲ 108%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.194$4.512▲ 106%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.216$4.544▲ 105%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$2.216$4.544▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.374$4.875▲ 105%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.395$4.912▲ 105%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$2.411$4.963▲ 106%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.742$7.776▲ 108%

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