db.r4.16xlarge

db.r4.16xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 64 vCPUs, 488 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $8.00 per hour on demand ($5,840.00 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 18 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demand
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$8.00
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$8.00
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$8.00
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$8.647
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$8.96
US West (N. California) us-west-1$8.96
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$9.12
EU (London) eu-west-2$9.408
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$9.408
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$9.60
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$9.60
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$9.60
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$9.60
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$9.60
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$9.632
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$9.632
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$9.76
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$16.752

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$8.00––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$16.00––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$7.68––
MySQL · Single-AZ$7.68––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$7.68––
Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ$9.28––
Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$9.28––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$15.36––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$15.36––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$15.36––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$24.32––
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$40.016––
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$48.64––
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$80.032––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)488
NetworkingValue
Network20 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS throughput12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS75,000
EBS max IOPS75,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.r4.16xlarge
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor256
OtherValue
Hardware Basisr4.16xlarge

Compare db.r4.16xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

vs db.m4.16xlarge

Other generations

vs db.r5.16xlarge

Other r4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.r4.large215.25$0.25
db.r4.xlarge430.5$0.5
db.r4.2xlarge861$1.00
db.r4.4xlarge16122$2.00
db.r4.8xlarge32244$4.00
db.r4.16xlarge64488$8.00

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.