Size a PostgreSQL server on AWS
Choose how big your data is and how much throughput you need. Each point is a benchmarked instance × disk; everything right of the target line clears your requirement, and the cheapest of those is the pick.
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Context
- Workload
- 90% read / 10% write
- Concurrency
- 32
- PostgreSQL
- 17
- Region
- us-east-1
- Pricing
- on-demand
Dataset size
30 of 52 configs clear 33,000 RPS at 1 GB. The cheapest is m8g.large on gp3-baseline at $82/mo. Points are instance × disk; the dashed line is the cost/performance frontier; arm64 (Graviton) is green, x86-64 slate.
52 of 52 rows
| c8i.large | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 4 | 52,203±0.4% | 451,476 | $0.1156/hr | ~$84/mo | 0.61±0.4% | 2.16±0.1% | 2.79±0.2% | 26,102 | 13,051 | 1.6× |
| m8g.large | m8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 45,515±0.1% | 407,555 | $0.1117/hr | ~$82/mo | 0.70±0.1% | 2.02±0.3% | 2.76±0.2% | 22,757 | 5,689 | 1.4× |
| m8g.xlarge | m8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 16 | 70,871±0.1% | 351,826 | $0.2014/hr | ~$147/mo | 0.45±0.1% | 1.83±0.1% | 2.32±0.1% | 17,718 | 4,429 | 2.1× |
| m7i.large | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 41,305±0.4% | 336,586 | $0.1227/hr | ~$90/mo | 0.77±0.4% | 2.33±0.2% | 3.11±0.2% | 20,653 | 5,163 | 1.3× |
| m7g.xlarge | m7g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 16 | 58,726±0.4% | 317,234 | $0.1851/hr | ~$135/mo | 0.54±0.4% | 1.98±0.1% | 2.44±0.3% | 14,681 | 3,670 | 1.8× |
| c8i.xlarge | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 8 | 64,585±0.1% | 308,522 | $0.2093/hr | ~$153/mo | 0.50±0.1% | 1.85±0.2% | 2.27±0.1% | 16,146 | 8,073 | 2.0× |
| r8g.large | r8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 16 | 38,531±1.6% | 304,746 | $0.1264/hr | ~$92/mo | 0.83±1.6% | 2.35±0.6% | 3.06±0.4% | 19,266 | 2,408 | 1.2× |
| m7i.xlarge | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 16 | 65,582±0.2% | 293,410 | $0.2235/hr | ~$163/mo | 0.49±0.1% | 1.86±0.2% | 2.30±0.2% | 16,396 | 4,099 | 2.0× |
| r8g.xlarge | r8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 32 | 64,627±0.6% | 279,821 | $0.2310/hr | ~$169/mo | 0.49±0.6% | 1.89±0.5% | 2.32±0.6% | 16,157 | 2,020 | 2.0× |
| m8g.medium | m8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 1 | 4 | 16,670±0.4% | 249,555 | $0.0668/hr | ~$49/mo | 1.92±0.4% | 3.44±0.5% | 4.28±0.6% | 16,670 | 4,167 | 0.5× |
| m7g.large | m7g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 24,669±0.4% | 238,304 | $0.1035/hr | ~$76/mo | 1.30±0.4% | 2.83±0.4% | 3.58±0.4% | 12,334 | 3,084 | 0.7× |
| r8g.medium | r8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 1 | 8 | 16,482±0.2% | 222,197 | $0.0742/hr | ~$54/mo | 1.94±0.2% | 3.51±0.1% | 4.29±0.2% | 16,482 | 2,060 | 0.5× |
| m7g.2xlarge | m7g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 8 | 32 | 77,197±1.6% | 221,629 | $0.3483/hr | ~$254/mo | 0.41±1.6% | 1.81±0.2% | 2.22±0.2% | 9,650 | 2,412 | 2.3× |
| m8g.2xlarge | m8g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 8 | 32 | 81,451±0.7% | 213,807 | $0.3810/hr | ~$278/mo | 0.39±0.7% | 1.75±0.3% | 2.13±0.1% | 10,181 | 2,545 | 2.5× |
| c8i.large | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 4 | 53,444±0.4% | 211,563 | $0.2526/hr | ~$184/mo | 0.60±0.4% | 2.17±0.1% | 2.83±0.7% | 26,722 | 13,361 | 1.6× |
| c8i.xlarge | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 4 | 8 | 69,067±0.2% | 199,429 | $0.3463/hr | ~$253/mo | 0.46±0.2% | 1.85±0.1% | 2.30±0.1% | 17,267 | 8,633 | 2.1× |
| m8g.xlarge | m8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 4 | 16 | 67,428±0.2% | 199,242 | $0.3384/hr | ~$247/mo | 0.47±0.2% | 1.86±0.2% | 2.30±0.4% | 16,857 | 4,214 | 2.0× |
| r8g.xlarge | r8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 4 | 32 | 69,292±0.2% | 188,322 | $0.3679/hr | ~$269/mo | 0.46±0.2% | 1.87±0.2% | 2.36±1.1% | 17,323 | 2,165 | 2.1× |
| m5.xlarge | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 4 | 16 | 39,959±0.7% | 186,794 | $0.2139/hr | ~$156/mo | 0.80±0.7% | 2.22±0.3% | 2.68±0.3% | 9,990 | 2,497 | 1.2× |
| m7g.xlarge | m7g | arm64 | gp3-max | 4 | 16 | 57,738±0.1% | 179,252 | $0.3221/hr | ~$235/mo | 0.55±0.1% | 2.00±0.2% | 2.48±0.3% | 14,434 | 3,609 | 1.7× |
| m7g.medium | m7g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 1 | 4 | 10,986±0.1% | 175,171 | $0.0627/hr | ~$46/mo | 2.91±0.1% | 4.76±0.1% | 5.83±0.2% | 10,986 | 2,747 | 0.3× |
| m7i.2xlarge | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 8 | 32 | 73,190±0.5% | 172,163 | $0.4251/hr | ~$310/mo | 0.44±0.5% | 1.80±0.2% | 2.18±0.1% | 9,149 | 2,287 | 2.2× |
| m5.large | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 20,293±0.2% | 172,092 | $0.1179/hr | ~$86/mo | 1.58±0.2% | 3.12±0.2% | 3.88±0.4% | 10,146 | 2,537 | 0.6× |
| m7i.xlarge | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 4 | 16 | 60,805±0.2% | 168,667 | $0.3605/hr | ~$263/mo | 0.53±0.2% | 1.90±0.1% | 2.35±0.1% | 15,201 | 3,800 | 1.8× |
| m7i.large | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 41,465±3.3% | 159,663 | $0.2597/hr | ~$190/mo | 0.77±3.2% | 2.31±0.2% | 2.98±1.4% | 20,733 | 5,183 | 1.3× |
| m8g.2xlarge | m8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 8 | 32 | 81,697±0.4% | 157,734 | $0.5179/hr | ~$378/mo | 0.39±0.4% | 1.76±0.1% | 2.14±0.2% | 10,212 | 2,553 | 2.5× |
| c8i.2xlarge | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 8 | 16 | 61,861±0.1% | 155,916 | $0.3968/hr | ~$290/mo | 0.52±0.1% | 1.86±0.2% | 2.24±0.1% | 7,733 | 3,866 | 1.9× |
| m8g.large | m8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 38,463±0.3% | 154,678 | $0.2487/hr | ~$182/mo | 0.83±0.3% | 2.36±0.2% | 3.06±0.3% | 19,231 | 4,808 | 1.2× |
| r8g.large | r8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 16 | 39,039±0.6% | 148,198 | $0.2634/hr | ~$192/mo | 0.82±0.6% | 2.35±0.1% | 3.06±0.1% | 19,519 | 2,440 | 1.2× |
| m7g.2xlarge | m7g | arm64 | gp3-max | 8 | 32 | 67,275±0.2% | 138,625 | $0.4853/hr | ~$354/mo | 0.48±0.2% | 1.89±0.2% | 2.29±0.3% | 8,409 | 2,102 | 2.0× |
| m7i.2xlarge | m7i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 8 | 32 | 77,126±0.4% | 137,210 | $0.5621/hr | ~$410/mo | 0.41±0.4% | 1.80±0.2% | 2.18±0.3% | 9,641 | 2,410 | 2.3× |
| c8i.2xlarge | c8i | x86-64 | gp3-max | 8 | 16 | 68,311±0.7% | 127,984 | $0.5337/hr | ~$390/mo | 0.47±0.7% | 1.83±0.3% | 2.21±0.4% | 8,539 | 4,269 | 2.1× |
| m5.2xlarge | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 8 | 32 | 51,445±0.1% | 126,737 | $0.4059/hr | ~$296/mo | 0.62±0.1% | 2.01±0.1% | 2.41±0.1% | 6,431 | 1,608 | 1.6× |
| m5.xlarge | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 4 | 16 | 39,479±0.4% | 112,506 | $0.3509/hr | ~$256/mo | 0.81±0.4% | 2.24±0.2% | 2.69±0.2% | 9,870 | 2,467 | 1.2× |
| m7g.large | m7g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 24,684±1.0% | 102,635 | $0.2405/hr | ~$176/mo | 1.30±1.0% | 2.87±0.8% | 3.66±0.9% | 12,342 | 3,086 | 0.7× |
| m5.2xlarge | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 8 | 32 | 51,430±0.3% | 94,731 | $0.5429/hr | ~$396/mo | 0.62±0.3% | 2.02±0.3% | 2.42±0.3% | 6,429 | 1,607 | 1.6× |
| m8g.medium | m8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 1 | 4 | 16,487±0.2% | 80,903 | $0.2038/hr | ~$149/mo | 1.94±0.2% | 3.53±0.2% | 4.31±0.2% | 16,487 | 4,122 | 0.5× |
| t3.small | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 2 | 3,353±1.1% | 78,486 | $0.0427/hr | ~$31/mo | 9.55±1.1% | 66.53±0.1% | 71.05±0.2% | 1,676 | 1,676 | 0.1× |
| m5.large | m5 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 19,627±0.3% | 76,997 | $0.2549/hr | ~$186/mo | 1.63±0.3% | 3.16±0.2% | 3.83±0.2% | 9,813 | 2,453 | 0.6× |
| r8g.medium | r8g | arm64 | gp3-max | 1 | 8 | 16,050±7.7% | 76,008 | $0.2112/hr | ~$154/mo | 2.01±7.7% | 3.68±7.5% | 4.74±10.2% | 16,050 | 2,006 | 0.5× |
| t4g.small | t4g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 2 | 2,842±1.5% | 73,413 | $0.0387/hr | ~$28/mo | 11.26±1.5% | 67.66±0.1% | 72.49±0.1% | 1,421 | 1,421 | 0.1× |
| t4g.medium | t4g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 4 | 3,394±0.9% | 61,132 | $0.0555/hr | ~$41/mo | 9.43±0.9% | 66.40±0.2% | 69.87±0.1% | 1,697 | 848 | 0.1× |
| t4g.large | t4g | arm64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 5,157±0.3% | 57,870 | $0.0891/hr | ~$65/mo | 6.20±0.3% | 56.39±0.1% | 62.81±0.1% | 2,579 | 645 | 0.2× |
| m7g.medium | m7g | arm64 | gp3-max | 1 | 4 | 11,200±0.3% | 56,085 | $0.1997/hr | ~$146/mo | 2.86±0.3% | 4.64±0.1% | 5.67±0.2% | 11,200 | 2,800 | 0.3× |
| t3.medium | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 4 | 3,401±2.8% | 53,551 | $0.0635/hr | ~$46/mo | 9.41±2.8% | 66.21±0.1% | 71.13±0.3% | 1,701 | 850 | 0.1× |
| t3.large | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-baseline | 2 | 8 | 5,315±0.4% | 50,562 | $0.1051/hr | ~$77/mo | 6.02±0.4% | 56.08±0.1% | 61.05±0.0% | 2,657 | 664 | 0.2× |
| t4g.large | t4g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 5,028±0.3% | 22,238 | $0.2261/hr | ~$165/mo | 6.36±0.3% | 57.73±0.0% | 60.23±0.1% | 2,514 | 629 | 0.2× |
| t3.large | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 8 | 4,985±2.7% | 20,589 | $0.2421/hr | ~$177/mo | 6.42±2.7% | 52.98±1.6% | 61.70±0.1% | 2,492 | 623 | 0.2× |
| t3.small | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 2 | 3,205±0.5% | 17,833 | $0.1797/hr | ~$131/mo | 9.99±0.5% | 66.65±0.0% | 71.23±0.2% | 1,602 | 1,602 | 0.1× |
| t4g.small | t4g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 2 | 3,126±2.8% | 17,791 | $0.1757/hr | ~$128/mo | 10.24±2.8% | 66.61±0.2% | 70.09±0.1% | 1,563 | 1,563 | 0.1× |
| t4g.medium | t4g | arm64 | gp3-max | 2 | 4 | 3,287±0.5% | 17,075 | $0.1925/hr | ~$141/mo | 9.74±0.5% | 66.62±0.1% | 70.04±0.0% | 1,644 | 822 | 0.1× |
| t3.medium | t3 | x86-64 | gp3-max | 2 | 4 | 3,243±0.5% | 16,172 | $0.2005/hr | ~$146/mo | 9.87±0.5% | 66.46±0.1% | 71.26±0.2% | 1,621 | 811 | 0.1× |