db.r7g.8xlargevsdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x

db.r7g.8xlarge is 52% cheaper than db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3,047.75 a month.

At a glancedb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
On-demand$3.825/hr52% less$8.00/hr
Lowest rate$2.945/hr45% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$5.36/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x vs db.r7g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.825$8.00▲ 109%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$2.94533% off$5.36▲ 82%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$3.0620% off$6.40▲ 109%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.825 vs $8.00 per hour
52% cheaper
Where db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

23 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 8 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
vCPUs32–
Physical cores32–
Threads per core1–
Architecturearm64–
ProcessorAWS Graviton3–
CPU makerAWS–
Sustained clock2.6 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Memory (GiB)256–
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Network15 Gigabit–
Network baseline15 Gbps–
Network peak15 Gbps–
Storage7 of 7 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s–
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS40,000–
EBS max IOPS40,000–
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Familyr7gr7i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor128128
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Hardware Basisr7g.8xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7g.8xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7g.8xlargedb.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.825$8.00▲ 109%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.825$8.00▲ 109%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.825$8.00▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.904$8.16▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$3.904$8.16▲ 109%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.926$8.224▲ 109%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$4.016$8.416▲ 110%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$4.128$8.64▲ 109%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.131$8.64▲ 109%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.285$8.96▲ 109%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.286$8.96▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.352$9.12▲ 110%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.488$9.408▲ 110%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.488$9.408▲ 110%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.59$9.60▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.59$9.60▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.59$9.60▲ 109%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.59$9.60▲ 109%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.592$9.60▲ 109%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.592$9.60▲ 109%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.658$9.76▲ 110%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$5.088$9.408▲ 85%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.082$12.72▲ 109%

Keep exploring

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

db.r7g.8xlargeMemory optimized, r7g family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.