db.r6i.largevsdb.r7i.large

db.r6i.large and db.r7i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.25 per hour.

At a glancedb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
On-demand$0.25/hr$0.25/hr
Lowest rate$0.1444/hr14% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.167/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largedb.r7i.largedb.r7i.large vs db.r6i.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.25$0.25Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.144433% off$0.167▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.2—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

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

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

6 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage1 of 7 differdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
Familyr6ir7i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Normalization factor84
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.largedb.r7i.large
Hardware Basisr6i.larger7i.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r6i.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r6i.largedb.r7i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.25$0.25Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.25$0.25Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.25$0.25Same
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.255$0.255Same
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.255$0.297▲ 16%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.257$0.257Same
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.263$0.263Same
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.27$0.27Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.27$0.27Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.28$0.28Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.28$0.28Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.285$0.285Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.294$0.294Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.294$0.294Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.294$0.294Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.3$0.35▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.3$0.3Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.3$0.3Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.3$0.3Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3$0.3Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.305$0.305Same
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.315$0.315Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.35$0.3▼ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.35$0.3▼ 14%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.416$0.28▼ 33%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.429$0.33▼ 23%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.455$0.3▼ 34%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.455$0.35▼ 23%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.524$0.3975▼ 24%

Keep exploring

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

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