db.r6i.12xlargevsdb.r7i.12xlarge

db.r6i.12xlarge and db.r7i.12xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $6.00 per hour.

At a glancedb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
On-demand$6.00/hr$6.00/hr
Lowest rate$3.466/hr14% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.02/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge vs db.r6i.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.00$6.00Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$3.46633% off$4.02▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$4.80—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.12xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
9% higher
Where db.r7i.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
Network18.75 Gbps–
Network baseline18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
Familyr6ir7i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr6i.12xlarger7i.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.12xlargedb.r7i.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.00$6.00Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.00$6.00Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.00$6.00Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$6.12$6.12Same
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$6.12$7.128▲ 16%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$6.168$6.168Same
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$6.312$6.312Same
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$6.48$6.48Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.487$6.48Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.72$6.72Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.72$6.72Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.84$6.84Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$7.056$7.056Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$7.056$7.056Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$7.056$7.056Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$7.20$8.40▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.20$7.20Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.20$7.20Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.20$7.20Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.20$7.20Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.32$7.32Same
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$7.56$7.56Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$8.40$7.20▼ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.40$7.20▼ 14%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.984$6.72▼ 33%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$10.296$7.92▼ 23%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$10.92$7.20▼ 34%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$10.92$8.40▼ 23%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$12.576$9.54▼ 24%

Keep exploring

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

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 33–42% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

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