db.r6i.8xlargevsdb.r6id.8xlarge

db.r6i.8xlarge is 16% cheaper than db.r6id.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $562.83 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
On-demand$4.00/hr16% less$4.771/hr
Lowest rate$2.31/hr37% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$3.674/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon 8375
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge vs db.r6i.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.00$4.771▲ 19%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$2.3123% off$3.674▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.00 vs $4.771 per hour
16% cheaper
Where db.r6id.8xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

6 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable Ice LakeIntel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
NetworkingAll 3 matchdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
Network12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
StorageEBS Only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
Familyr6ir6id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor–128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlarge
Hardware Basisr6i.8xlarger6id.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.8xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.8xlargedb.r6id.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.00$4.771▲ 19%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.00$4.771▲ 19%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.00$4.771▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$4.08$5.136▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$4.08$5.136▲ 26%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$4.208$5.008▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$4.32$5.152▲ 19%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$4.325$5.245▲ 21%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.48$5.305▲ 18%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.70$5.605▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.80$5.772▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.80$5.722▲ 19%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.88$5.789▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$5.04$6.064▲ 20%

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