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

db.r6g.xlarge is 52% cheaper than db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $351.86 a month.

At a glancedb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demand$0.45/hr52% less$0.932/hr
Lowest rate$0.2597/hr61% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.671/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront

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.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x vs db.r6g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.45$0.932▲ 107%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.259728% off$0.671▲ 158%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.45 vs $0.932 per hour
52% cheaper
Where db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

24 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 8 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
vCPUs4–
Physical cores4–
Threads per core1–
Architecturearm64–
ProcessorAWS Graviton2–
CPU makerAWS–
Sustained clock2.5 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Memory (GiB)32–
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Network baseline1.25 Gbps–
Network peak10 Gbps–
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth1,188 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput148.5 MB/s–
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS6,000–
EBS max IOPS20,000–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor816
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Hardware Basisr6g.xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6g.xlargedb.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.45$0.932▲ 107%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.45$0.932▲ 107%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.45$0.932▲ 107%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.46$1.02▲ 122%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.462$0.98▲ 112%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.486$1.024▲ 111%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.486$1.024▲ 111%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.504$1.031▲ 105%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.504$1.032▲ 105%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.504$1.027▲ 104%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.512$1.052▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.513$1.052▲ 105%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.528$1.084▲ 105%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.528$1.083▲ 105%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.529$1.088▲ 106%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.529$1.083▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.539$1.108▲ 106%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.54$1.108▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.54$1.106▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.54$1.108▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.54$1.108▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.54$1.106▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.54$1.108▲ 105%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.54$1.122▲ 108%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.54$1.122▲ 108%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.549$1.128▲ 105%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.554$1.136▲ 105%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.554$1.136▲ 105%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.593$1.219▲ 106%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.599$1.228▲ 105%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.603$1.241▲ 106%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.935$1.944▲ 108%

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