Instances AWS RDS db.r6i.8xlarge db.r6i.8xlarge
db.r6i.8xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.00 per hour on demand ($2,920.00 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.31 per hour, 42% less. It is sold in 36 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 $2.31 – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $8.00 $4.621 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ $3.728 $2.156 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $3.728 – – MariaDB · Single-AZ $3.84 $2.218 – MySQL · Single-AZ $3.84 $2.218 – Db2 Advanced · Single-AZ $4.00 $3.08 – Db2 Advanced BYOL · Single-AZ $4.00 $3.08 – Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ $4.64 $3.04 – Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ $4.64 $3.04 – SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $5.952 – – SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $5.952 $4.285 – SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Single-AZ $5.952 – – SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $5.952 $4.285 – Aurora MySQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $6.032 – – Aurora PostgreSQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $6.032 – – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ $7.456 $4.313 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $7.456 – – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $7.68 $4.435 – MySQL · Multi-AZ $7.68 $4.435 – Db2 Advanced · Multi-AZ $8.00 $6.16 – Db2 Advanced BYOL · Multi-AZ $8.00 $6.16 – SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $11.904 – – SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $11.904 $8.571 – SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Multi-AZ $11.904 – – SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $11.904 $8.571 – SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ $12.16 $11.491 – SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ $12.16 $11.309 – SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ $20.008 $19.958 – SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ $20.008 $18.607 – SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ $24.32 $22.982 – SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ $24.32 $22.618 – SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ $28.806 – – SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ $28.806 $26.79 –
Compute Value vCPUs 32 Physical cores 16 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) 256
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Network baseline 12.5 Gbps Network peak 12.5 Gbps
Storage Value Storage EBS Only EBS baseline bandwidth 10,000 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 10,000 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 1,250 MB/s EBS max throughput 1,250 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 40,000 EBS max IOPS 40,000
Instance details Value Instance type db.r6i.8xlarge Family r6i Category Memory optimized Current generation Yes
Other Value Hardware Basis r6i.8xlarge
Compute and memory optimized
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes .