db.r6g.largevsdb.r7g.large

db.r6g.large is 6% cheaper than db.r7g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10.22 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
On-demand$0.225/hr6% less$0.239/hr
Lowest rate$0.1298/hr29% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1841/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.r6g.largedb.r7g.largedb.r7g.large vs db.r6g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.225$0.239▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.129823% off$0.1841▲ 42%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.1912—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.large leads
On-demand price$0.225 vs $0.239 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.r7g.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
Processor–AWS Graviton3
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
Network–Up to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage4 of 7 differdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
Storage–Aurora IO Optimization Mode
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
Familyr6gr7g
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor45.2
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.largedb.r7g.large
Hardware Basisr6g.larger7g.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6g.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6g.largedb.r7g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.225$0.239▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.225$0.239▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.225$0.239▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.23$0.244▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.23$0.244▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.231$0.2454▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.236$0.251▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.243$0.258▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.243$0.2582▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.243$0.258▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.252$0.268▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.252$0.2678▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.252$0.2678▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.256$0.272▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.256$0.272▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.264$0.2805▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.264$0.281▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.264$0.318▲ 20%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.265$0.282▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.27$0.2869▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.27$0.287▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.274$0.291▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.277$0.294▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.277$0.333▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2835$0.3014▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.297$0.316▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.299$0.366▲ 22%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.301$0.32▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.468$0.38▼ 19%

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