db.r4.2xlarge

db.r4.2xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 8 vCPUs, 61 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.00 per hour on demand ($730.00 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$1.00
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.00
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.00
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.081
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.12
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.12
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.14
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.176
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.176
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.20
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.20
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$1.20
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.20
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.20
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$1.204
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.204
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.22
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.094

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$1.00––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$2.00––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.96––
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.96––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.96––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.96––
Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ$1.16––
Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$1.16––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$1.76––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$1.92––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$1.92––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$1.92––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$1.92––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$1.957––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$3.04––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$3.914––
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$5.002––
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$6.08––
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$10.004––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)61
NetworkingValue
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
EBS baseline bandwidth1,700 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,700 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput212.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput212.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS12,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.r4.2xlarge
Familyr4
Normalization factor16
OtherValue
Hardware Basisr4.2xlarge

Compare db.r4.2xlarge

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Other generations

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.