db.r6g.xlargevsdb.r6gd.xlarge

db.r6g.xlarge is 12% cheaper than db.r6gd.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $46.72 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
On-demand$0.45/hr12% less$0.514/hr
Lowest rate$0.2597/hr34% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.396/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
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.xlargedb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge vs db.r6g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.45$0.514▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.259723% off$0.396▲ 52%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.45 vs $0.514 per hour
12% cheaper
Where db.r6gd.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2AWS Graviton2
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
StorageEBS Only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,188 Mbps1,188 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput148.5 MB/s148.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
Familyr6gr6gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor816
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlarge
Hardware Basisr6g.xlarger6gd.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.xlargedb.r6gd.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.45$0.514▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.45$0.514▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.45$0.514▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.46$0.526▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.46$0.526▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.462$0.643▲ 39%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.472$0.54▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.486$0.556▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.486$0.556▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.504$0.572▲ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.504$0.572▲ 13%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.504$0.585▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.513$0.588▲ 15%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.528$0.605▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.529$0.73▲ 38%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.529$0.601▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.539$0.6182▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.54$0.617▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.54$0.751▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.54$0.617▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.54$0.621▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.54$0.617▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.54$0.618▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.54$0.618▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.549$0.622▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.567$1.025▲ 81%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.603$0.683▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.935$1.289▲ 38%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6g.xlargeMemory optimized, r6g family
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Compare db.r6g.xlarge with

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db.r6gd.xlargeMemory optimized, r6gd family
db.r6gd.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6gd family

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