db.r7g.largevsdb.r7i.large

db.r7g.large is 4% cheaper than db.r7i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.03 a month.

At a glancedb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
On-demand$0.239/hr4% less$0.25/hr
Lowest rate$0.1841/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.167/hr9% less1-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.r7g.largedb.r7i.largedb.r7i.large vs db.r7g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.239$0.25▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.184133% off$0.167▼ 9%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.191220% off$0.2▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7g.large leads
On-demand price$0.239 vs $0.25 per hour
4% cheaper
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Network baseline0.937 Gbps vs 0.781 Gbps
20% higher
Where db.r7i.large leads
Sustained clock3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
23% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps vs 630 Mbps
3% higher

Specs

16 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 8 differdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64–
ProcessorAWS Graviton3–
CPU makerAWSIntel
Sustained clock2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 3 differdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gigabit–
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage3 of 7 differdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
StorageAurora IO Optimization Mode–
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 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 details4 of 4 differdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
Familyr7gr7i
CategoryMemory optimized–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor5.24
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7g.largedb.r7i.large
Hardware Basisr7g.larger7i.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7g.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7g.largedb.r7i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.239$0.25▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.239$0.25▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.239$0.25▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.244$0.255▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.244$0.297▲ 22%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.2454$0.257▲ 5%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.251$0.263▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.258$0.27▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.2582$0.27▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.2678$0.28▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.2678$0.28▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.268$0.28▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.272$0.33▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.272$0.285▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.2805$0.294▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.281$0.294▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.2869$0.3▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.287$0.35▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.287$0.3▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.291$0.305▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.3014$0.315▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.318$0.294▼ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.38$0.3975▲ 5%

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.