db.r6g.8xlarge
db.r6g.8xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.597 per hour on demand ($2,625.81 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.078 per hour, 42% less. It is sold in 36 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr reserved |
|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $3.597 | $2.078 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $3.597 | $2.078 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $3.597 | $2.078 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $3.68 | $2.834 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $3.68 | $2.834 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $3.698 | $2.329 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $3.776 | $2.908 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $3.888 | $2.994 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $3.889 | $2.246 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $3.889 | $2.994 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $4.028 | $2.664 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $4.028 | $2.708 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $4.032 | $2.664 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $4.096 | $2.798 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $4.10 | $2.798 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $4.224 | $2.792 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $4.224 | $2.798 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $4.23 | $2.798 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $4.234 | $3.26 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $4.314 | $2.933 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $4.316 | $2.946 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $4.316 | $2.946 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $4.316 | $2.946 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $4.316 | $2.946 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $4.316 | $2.946 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $4.316 | – |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $4.317 | $2.44 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $4.317 | $2.44 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $4.388 | $2.903 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $4.431 | $2.932 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $4.432 | $2.932 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $4.536 | $3.493 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $4.748 | $3.24 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $4.79 | $3.162 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $4.822 | $3.708 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $7.483 | $4.34 |
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 | $3.597 | $2.078 | – |
| PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ | $7.194 | $4.155 | – |
| MariaDB · Single-AZ | $3.437 | $1.985 | – |
| MySQL · Single-AZ | $3.437 | $1.985 | – |
| Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ | $4.153 | $2.721 | – |
| Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ | $4.153 | $2.721 | – |
| Aurora MySQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ | $5.399 | – | – |
| Aurora PostgreSQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ | $5.399 | – | – |
| MariaDB · Multi-AZ | $6.874 | $3.97 | – |
| MySQL · Multi-AZ | $6.874 | $3.97 | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Physical cores | 32 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 256 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 12 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS Only |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 9,500 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 9,500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 1,187.5 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,187.5 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 40,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | db.r6g.8xlarge |
| Family | r6g |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardware Basis | r6g.8xlarge |
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Other r6g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| db.r6g.large | 2 | 16 | $0.225 |
| db.r6g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.45 |
| db.r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.899 |
| db.r6g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1.798 |
| db.r6g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3.597 |
| db.r6g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5.395 |
| db.r6g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $7.194 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.