db.r6i.xlargevsdb.r6id.xlarge

db.r6i.xlarge is 16% cheaper than db.r6id.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $70.08 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
On-demand$0.5/hr16% less$0.596/hr
Lowest rate$0.2888/hr37% 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.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge vs db.r6i.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.5$0.596▲ 19%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.288823% off$0.4592▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.5 vs $0.596 per hour
16% cheaper
Where db.r6id.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

6 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Network baseline1.562 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
Local disks–1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Familyr6ir6id
CategoryMemory optimized–
Normalization factor–8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlarge
Hardware Basisr6i.xlarger6id.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6i.xlargedb.r6id.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.5$0.596▲ 19%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.5$0.596▲ 19%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.5$0.596▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.51$0.642▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.51$0.642▲ 26%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.526$0.626▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.54$0.644▲ 19%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.541$0.656▲ 21%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.56$0.663▲ 18%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.59$0.7006▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.6$0.722▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.6$0.715▲ 19%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.61$0.724▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.63$0.758▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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

db.r6i.xlargeMemory optimized, r6i family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.