Instances AWS RDS db.r8gd.large db.r8gd.large
db.r8gd.large is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.273 per hour on demand ($199.29 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year Database Savings Plan costs $0.2184 per hour, 20% less. 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 $0.273 – – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $0.546 – – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys) $0.819 – – MariaDB · Single-AZ $0.273 – – MySQL · Single-AZ $0.273 – – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $0.546 – – MySQL · Multi-AZ $0.546 – – MySQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys) $0.819 – –
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 CPU maker AWS Sustained clock 2.8 GHz Burstable No
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network Up to 12.5 Gbps Network baseline 0.937 Gbps Network peak 12.5 Gbps
Storage Value Storage 1 x 118 NVMe SSD Local disks 1 × 118 GB SSD EBS baseline bandwidth 630 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 10,000 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 78.75 MB/s EBS max throughput 1,250 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 3,600 EBS max IOPS 40,000
Instance details Value Instance type db.r8gd.large Family r8gd Category Memory optimized Current generation Yes Normalization factor 4
Other Value Hardware Basis r8gd.large
With or without local disk and networking
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes .