db.r6gd.16xlargevsdb.r8gd.16xlarge

db.r6gd.16xlarge is 6% cheaper than db.r8gd.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $370.11 a month.

At a glancedb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
On-demand$8.229/hr6% less$8.736/hr
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge vs db.r6gd.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.229$8.736▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$6.336——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$6.989—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6gd.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.229 vs $8.736 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.r8gd.16xlarge leads
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
12% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
Network–30
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Storage5 of 8 differdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
Storage–2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
Familyr6gdr8gd
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor128384
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr6gd.16xlarger8gd.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6gd.16xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.229$8.736▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.229$8.736▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.229$8.736▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.416$8.928▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.903$9.446▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.151$9.734▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.152$10.243▲ 12%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.36$9.971▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$9.876$10.512▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.876$10.512▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.942$10.579▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.951$10.57▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$11.674$10.25▼ 12%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$12.019$10.419▼ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$20.621$13.89▼ 33%

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