db.r8g.12xlargevsdb.r8gd.12xlarge

db.r8g.12xlarge is 12% cheaper than db.r8gd.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $595.68 a month.

At a glancedb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
On-demand$5.736/hr12% less$6.552/hr
Lowest rate$4.589/hr12% less1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$5.242/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge vs db.r8g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.736$6.552▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$3.843——
3-yr reservedNo upfront53% off$2.696——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$4.58920% off$5.242▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r8g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.736 vs $6.552 per hour
12% cheaper
Where db.r8gd.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4–
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
Network22.5 Gigabit22.5
Network baseline22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyAurora IO Optimization Mode
Local disks–3 × 950 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
Familyr8gr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192124.8
Other1 of 1 differdb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
Hardware Basisr8g.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r8g.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r8g.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.736$6.552▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.736$6.552▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.736$6.552▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$5.856$6.696▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.197$7.085▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.432$7.301▲ 14%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$6.432$7.682▲ 19%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.432$7.478▲ 16%
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.732$7.687▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$6.886$7.814▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$6.888$7.884▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.888$7.934▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.888$7.884▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.984$7.927▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$7.574$8.665▲ 14%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$9.12$10.418▲ 14%

Keep exploring

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

db.r8g.12xlargeMemory optimized, r8g family
db.r8g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8g family

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db.r8gd.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8gd family

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