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Amazon RDS and Aurora now support R8g and M8g database instances in additional AWS Regions

Published
July 15, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/7/amazon-rds-aurora-r8g-m8g-regions/

AWS Graviton4-based R8g and M8g Instances Availability

AWS Graviton4-based R8g database instances are now available for Amazon Aurora (MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility) and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB in multiple regions. M8g instances are also supported for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB in additional regions.

These instances offer up to 40% performance improvement and up to 29% price/performance improvement for on-demand pricing over Graviton3-based instances.

What to do

  • Launch R8g or M8g database instances via the Amazon RDS Management Console or AWS CLI.
  • Refer to the Aurora and RDS documentation for engine version support.
  • Check the Amazon RDS pricing page for complete pricing and regional availability information.

Source: AWS release notes




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