db.t3.largevsdb.m6i.large

db.t3.large is 19% cheaper than db.m6i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $24.09 a month.

At a glancedb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
On-demand$0.145/hr19% less$0.178/hr
Lowest rate$0.1034/hr9% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.114/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleFull CPUSteady performance, no credits to manage

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.t3.largedb.m6i.largedb.m6i.large vs db.t3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.145$0.178▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront29% off$0.103436% off$0.114▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.t3.large leads
On-demand price$0.145 vs $0.178 per hour
19% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 3,600
11% higher
Where db.m6i.large leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 2,780 Mbps
3.6× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
2.5× higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher

Specs

15 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableYesNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 2 differdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
Network baseline0.512 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS15,70040,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
Familyt3m6i
Category–General purpose
Normalization factor48
Other1 of 1 differdb.t3.largedb.m6i.large
Hardware Basist3.largem6i.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.t3.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.t3.largedb.m6i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.145$0.178▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.145$0.178▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.145$0.178▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.148$0.187▲ 26%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.152$0.187▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.156$0.197▲ 26%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.156$0.197▲ 26%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.16$0.196▲ 23%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.16$0.196▲ 23%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.164$0.206▲ 26%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.164$0.207▲ 26%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.164$0.206▲ 26%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.164$0.207▲ 26%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.168$0.212▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.17$0.21▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.17$0.21▲ 24%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.172$0.217▲ 26%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.172$0.208▲ 21%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.185$0.233▲ 26%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.186$0.234▲ 26%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.19$0.203▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.202$0.21▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.202$0.222▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.202$0.21▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.212$0.253▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.212$0.253▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.224$0.247▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.224$0.259▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.224$0.247▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.224$0.247▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.224$0.247▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.224$0.247▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2352$0.2594▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.2464$0.272▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.302$0.233▼ 23%

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