db.r6gd.largevsdb.r8gd.large

db.r6gd.large is 6% cheaper than db.r8gd.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $11.68 a month.

At a glancedb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
On-demand$0.257/hr6% less$0.273/hr
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.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.largedb.r8gd.large vs db.r6gd.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.257$0.273▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.198——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.2184—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6gd.large leads
On-demand price$0.257 vs $0.273 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.r8gd.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
12% higher

Specs

11 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2–
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage3 of 8 differdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
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 details2 of 4 differdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
Familyr6gdr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor84
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.large
Hardware Basisr6gd.larger8gd.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6gd.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6gd.largedb.r8gd.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.257$0.273▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.257$0.273▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.257$0.273▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.263$0.279▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.278$0.2952▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.286$0.3042▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.286$0.3201▲ 12%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.293$0.3116▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.309$0.3285▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.309$0.3285▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.311$0.3306▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.311$0.3303▲ 6%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6gd.largeMemory optimized, r6gd family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.