db.r6gd.xlargevsdb.r6id.xlarge

db.r6gd.xlarge is 14% cheaper than db.r6id.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $59.86 a month.

At a glancedb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
On-demand$0.514/hr14% less$0.596/hr
Lowest rate$0.396/hr14% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.4592/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge vs db.r6gd.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.514$0.596▲ 16%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.39623% off$0.4592▲ 16%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6gd.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.514 vs $0.596 per hour
14% cheaper
Physical cores4 vs 2
2× higher
Where db.r6id.xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

20 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores42
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64–
ProcessorAWS Graviton2–
CPU makerAWSIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 Gigabit–
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage6 of 8 differdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD–
Local disks1 × 237 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,188 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput148.5 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Familyr6gdr6id
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor168
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Hardware Basisr6gd.xlarger6id.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6gd.xlargedb.r6id.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.514$0.596▲ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.514$0.596▲ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.514$0.596▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.526$0.642▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.526$0.642▲ 22%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.54$0.626▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.556$0.644▲ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.572$0.663▲ 16%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.601$0.7006▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.617$0.715▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.621$0.722▲ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.622$0.724▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.025$0.758▼ 26%

Keep exploring

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

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Compare db.r6id.xlarge with

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