Instances AWS RDS db.r4.8xlarge db.r4.8xlarge
db.r4.8xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 32 vCPUs, 244 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.00 per hour on demand ($2,920.00 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 18 regions.
USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia) Option On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr PostgreSQL · Single-AZ $4.00 – – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $8.00 – – MariaDB · Single-AZ $3.84 – – MySQL · Single-AZ $3.84 – – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ $3.84 – – Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ $4.64 – – Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ $4.64 – – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $7.68 – – MySQL · Multi-AZ $7.68 – – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ $7.68 – – SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ $12.16 – – SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ $20.008 – – SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ $24.32 – – SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ $40.016 – –
Compute Value vCPUs 32 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) CPU maker Intel Clock speed 2.3 GHz Sustained clock 2.3 GHz Processor features Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel Turbo Burstable No
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 244
Networking Value Network 10 Gbps Network baseline 12 Gbps Network peak 12 Gbps
Storage Value Storage EBS Only EBS throughput 6000 Mbps EBS baseline bandwidth 7,000 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 7,000 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 875 MB/s EBS max throughput 875 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 37,500 EBS max IOPS 37,500
Instance details Value Instance type db.r4.8xlarge Family r4 Category Memory optimized Current generation No Normalization factor 128
Other Value Hardware Basis r4.8xlarge
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes .