db.r6i.12xlarge

db.r6i.12xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 48 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $6.00 per hour on demand ($4,380.00 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.466 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	$6.00	$3.466
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$6.00	$3.466
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$6.00	$3.466
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5	$6.12	$4.712
Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7	$6.12	$4.712
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1	$6.168	$3.886
Mexico (Central) mx-central-1	$6.312	$4.86
Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2	$6.48	$4.99
Canada (Central) ca-central-1	$6.487	$3.746
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1	$6.487	$4.99
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$6.72	$4.445
US West (N. California) us-west-1	$6.72	$4.517
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1	$6.84	$4.668
EU (Milan) eu-south-1	$7.056	$4.657
EU (London) eu-west-2	$7.056	$4.668
EU (Paris) eu-west-3	$7.056	$4.668
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1	$7.06	$5.433
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$7.20	$4.915
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2	$7.20	$4.915
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3	$7.20	$4.896
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$7.20	$4.915
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$7.20	$4.915
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$7.32	$4.843
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1	$7.392	$4.891
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6	$7.56	$5.821
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1	$7.92	$5.405
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	$7.992	$5.287
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1	$8.40	$5.538
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1	$8.40	$5.538
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2	$9.984	–
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2	$10.296	–
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3	$10.92	–
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4	$10.92	–
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1	$10.982	–
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2	$12.012	–
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$12.576	$7.287

Reserved and Savings Plans

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	$6.00	$3.466	–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ	$12.00	$6.931	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ	$5.592	$3.235	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ	$5.592	–	–
MariaDB · Single-AZ	$5.76	$3.326	–
MySQL · Single-AZ	$5.76	$3.326	–
Db2 Advanced · Single-AZ	$6.00	$4.62	–
Db2 Advanced BYOL · Single-AZ	$6.00	$4.62	–
Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ	$6.96	$4.56	–
Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ	$6.96	$4.56	–
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ	$8.928	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ	$8.928	$6.428	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$8.928	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ	$8.928	$6.428	–
Aurora MySQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ	$9.048	–	–
Aurora PostgreSQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ	$9.048	–	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ	$11.184	$6.469	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ	$11.184	–	–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ	$11.52	$6.653	–
MySQL · Multi-AZ	$11.52	$6.653	–
Db2 Advanced · Multi-AZ	$12.00	$9.24	–
Db2 Advanced BYOL · Multi-AZ	$12.00	$9.24	–
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ	$17.856	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ	$17.856	$12.856	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Multi-AZ	$17.856	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ	$17.856	$12.856	–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ	$30.012	$29.937	–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ	$30.012	$27.911	–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ	$43.21	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ	$43.21	$40.185	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	48
Physical cores	24
Threads per core	2
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake
CPU maker	Intel
Sustained clock	3.5 GHz
Burstable	No

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	384

Networking	Value
Network	18.75 Gbps
Network baseline	18.75 Gbps
Network peak	18.75 Gbps

Storage	Value
Storage	EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth	15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth	15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput	1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput	1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS	60,000
EBS max IOPS	60,000

Instance details	Value
Instance type	db.r6i.12xlarge
Family	r6i
Category	Memory optimized
Current generation	Yes

Other	Value
Hardware Basis	r6i.12xlarge

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Other r6i sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db.r6i.large	2	16	$0.25
db.r6i.xlarge	4	32	$0.5
db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x	4	128	$1.864
db.r6i.2xlarge	8	64	$1.00
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x	8	128	$1.864
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x	8	256	$3.728
db.r6i.4xlarge	16	128	$2.00
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x	16	256	$3.728
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x	16	384	$5.592
db.r6i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x	16	512	$7.456
db.r6i.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x	24	768	$11.184
db.r6i.8xlarge	32	256	$4.00
db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem4x	32	1024	$14.912
db.r6i.12xlarge	48	384	$6.00
db.r6i.16xlarge	64	512	$8.00
db.r6i.24xlarge	96	768	$12.00
db.r6i.32xlarge	128	1024	$16.00
db.r6i.metal	128	1024	$11.184
db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x	–	–	$7.456
db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x	–	–	$11.184
db.r6i.large.tpc1.mem2x	–	–	$0.466
db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x	–	–	$0.932

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