db.r6i.xlargevsdb.r6in.xlarge

db.r6i.xlarge is 28% cheaper than db.r6in.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $140.16 a month.

At a glancedb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
On-demand$0.5/hr28% less$0.692/hr
Lowest rate$0.2888/hr46% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.5327/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.r6in.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge vs db.r6i.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.5$0.692▲ 38%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.288823% off$0.5327▲ 84%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r6i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.5 vs $0.692 per hour
28% cheaper
Where db.r6in.xlarge leads
Network baseline6.25 Gbps vs 1.562 Gbps
4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth3,125 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

15 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
Network–Up to 30 Gbps
Network baseline1.562 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps30 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps3,125 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s390.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00012,500
EBS max IOPS40,000100,000
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
Familyr6ir6in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor–8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlarge
Hardware Basisr6i.xlarger6in.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.r6i.xlargedb.r6in.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.5$0.692▲ 38%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.5$0.692▲ 38%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.5$0.692▲ 38%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.514$1.38▲ 168%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.56$0.776▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.6$1.544▲ 157%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.6$1.57▲ 162%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.6$0.836▲ 39%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.61$1.544▲ 153%

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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.