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ApsaraDB RDS:RDS PostgreSQL primary instance specifications

Last Updated:Sep 16, 2026

This topic lists the available and phased-out specifications for primary ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances. Use these tables to select an instance type based on your workload.

Important
  • For instances that use cloud disks, the available memory is less than the stated capacity because the operating system uses 500 MB to 700 MB and RDS management services use approximately 500 MB. 

  • ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances that use cloud disks support only VPCs. When you create an instance, set Network Type to VPC. If you use an API operation, set InstanceNetworkType to VPC. For more information, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS instance.

Specifications

Important

Basic Edition specifications

Standard Edition specifications

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

General-purpose

pg.n2.1c.1m

1 CPU core, 2 GB

Scales with storage type and capacity

General-purpose types share underlying resources, so IOPS and I/O bandwidth are not guaranteed. For predictable storage performance, choose a Dedicated instance type.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n1e.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 2 GB

200

pg.n2e.1c.1m

1 CPU core, 2 GB

50

pg.n2e.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

pg.n2.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

pg.n4.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n2.4c.1m

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n4.4c.1m

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4.6c.1m

6 CPU cores, 24 GB

2400

Dedicated

pg.x8.medium.1

2 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

10000

128

pg.x8.large.1

4 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

20000

192

pg.x8.xlarge.1

8 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

25000

256

pg.x4.2xlarge.1

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

40000

384

pg.x8.2xlarge.1

16 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

40000

384

pg.x4.4xlarge.1

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

60000

640

pg.x8.4xlarge.1

32 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

60000

640

Yitian Edition specifications

Yitian Edition requires the following:

  • Billing method: subscription only.

  • PostgreSQL version: 13 or later.

  • Supported storage types: enterprise SSD and premium performance disk.

  • Supported regions (specific zones only): China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), and Singapore.

    Availability varies by zone. Check the buy page for the latest information.

Important
  • Yitian Edition instance types in the Basic Edition are designed for testing and environment validation. You cannot switch other instance types to these types.

  • Basic Edition Yitian instance types have low specifications. For production environments, upgrade to a higher Basic Edition specification, or switch to the High-availability Edition.

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

General-purpose

pg.n1e.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 2 GB

200

General-purpose types share underlying resources, so IOPS and I/O bandwidth are not guaranteed. For predictable storage performance, choose a Dedicated instance type in the Basic Edition (Standard Edition) or a Dedicated instance type in the High-availability Edition (Yitian Edition).

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n2e.2c.1m

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

High-availability Edition specifications

Standard Edition specifications

Regular specifications

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

General-purpose

pg.n2.2c.2m

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

General-purpose types share underlying resources, so IOPS and I/O bandwidth are not guaranteed. For predictable storage performance, choose a Dedicated instance type.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n2.4c.2m

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n2.8c.2m

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4.2c.2m

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n4.4c.2m

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4.6c.2m

6 CPU cores, 24 GB

2400

pg.n4.8c.2m

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

pg.n4.12c.2m

12 CPU cores, 48 GB

4800

Dedicated

pg.x2.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

10000

128

pg.x4.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

10000

128

pg.x8.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

10000

128

pg.x2.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

20000

192

pg.x4.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

20000

192

pg.x8.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

20000

192

pg.x2.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

25000

256

pg.x4.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

25000

256

pg.x8.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

25000

256

pg.x2.3large.2c

12 CPU cores, 24 GB

2400

30000

320

pg.x4.3large.2c

12 CPU cores, 48 GB

4800

30000

320

pg.x8.3large.2c

12 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

30000

320

pg.x2.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

40000

384

pg.x4.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

40000

384

pg.x8.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

40000

384

pg.x2.3xlarge2c

24 CPU cores, 48 GB

4800

50000

512

pg.x4.3xlarge.2c

24 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

50000

512

pg.x8.3xlarge.2c

24 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

50000

512

pg.x2.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

60000

640

pg.x4.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

60000

640

pg.x8.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

60000

640

pg.x2.13large.2c

52 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

100000

1024

pg.x4.13large.2c

52 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

100000

1024

pg.x8.13large.2c

52 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

100000

1024

pg.x2.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

120000

1280

pg.x4.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

120000

1280

pg.x8.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

120000

1280

pg.x2.12xlarge.2c

96 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

240000

2048

pg.x4.12xlarge.2c

96 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

240000

2048

pg.x8.12xlarge.2c

96 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

240000

2048

pg.x2.13xlarge.2c

104 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

200000

2048

pg.x4.13xlarge.2c

104 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

200000

2048

pg.x8.13xlarge.2c

104 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

200000

2048

pg.x2.16xlarge.2c

128 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

320000

2560

pg.x4.16xlarge.2c

128 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

320000

2560

pg.x8.16xlarge.2c

128 CPU cores, 1024 GB

102400

320000

2560

pg.x2.24xlarge.2c

192 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

500000

4096

pg.x4.24xlarge.2c

192 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

500000

4096

pg.x8.24xlarge.2c

192 CPU cores, 1536 GB

153600

500000

4096

Intel SGX security-enhanced specifications

ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL offers the always-confidential database feature (hardware-enhanced edition). This feature uses security-enhanced instance types with a trusted execution environment (TEE) to encrypt sensitive data in specific table columns. Data in these columns remains encrypted during transmission, computation, and storage. For more information, see Confidential database.

Note

Intel SGX security-enhanced specifications are available in the following regions:

Region

Zone

China (Hangzhou)

Zone K

China (Shanghai)

Zone B and Zone L

China (Beijing)

Zone I and Zone K

China (Hong Kong)

Zone B and Zone D

Series

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Encrypted memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Storage space

High-availability series

Intel SGX security-enhanced

pg.x4t.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

4 GB

400

See IOPS.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.x4t.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

8 GB

800

pg.x4t.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

16 GB

1600

pg.x4t.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

32 GB

3200

pg.x4t.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

64 GB

6400

Yitian Edition specifications

Yitian Edition requires the following:

  • PostgreSQL version: 13 or later.

  • Storage type: PL1 ESSD, PL2 ESSD, or PL3 ESSD.

  • Supported regions (specific zones only): China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), and Singapore.

    Note

    Availability varies by zone. Check the buy page for the latest information.

Notes
Specifications

Series

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

High-availability series

General-purpose

pg.n4m.2c.2m

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

The maximum IOPS and maximum I/O bandwidth cannot be guaranteed. If your workloads are sensitive to IOPS, select a Dedicated instance type.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n4m.4c.2m

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4m.8c.2m

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

pg.n2m.2c.2m

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

pg.n2m.4c.2m

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n2m.8c.2m

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

Dedicated

pg.x2m.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

20000

192

pg.x4m.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

20000

192

pg.x8m.medium.2c

2 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

20000

192

pg.x2m.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

40000

256

pg.x4m.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

40000

256

pg.x8m.large.2c

4 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

40000

256

pg.x2m.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

50000

384

pg.x4m.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

50000

384

pg.x8m.xlarge.2c

8 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

50000

384

pg.x2m.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

80000

640

pg.x4m.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

80000

640

pg.x8m.2xlarge.2c

16 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

80000

640

pg.x2m.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

125000

1024

pg.x4m.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

125000

1024

pg.x8m.4xlarge.2c

32 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

125000

1024

pg.x2m.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

240000

2048

pg.x4m.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

240000

2048

pg.x8m.8xlarge.2c

64 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

240000

2048

Cluster Edition specifications

Standard Edition specifications

Regular specifications

Family

Specification code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

General-purpose

pg.n2.2c.xc

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

The maximum IOPS and maximum I/O bandwidth cannot be guaranteed. If your workloads are sensitive to IOPS, select a Dedicated instance type.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n2.4c.xc

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n2.8c.xc

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4.2c.xc

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n4.4c.xc

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4.8c.xc

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

Dedicated

pg.x2.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

10000

128

pg.x4.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

10000

128

pg.x8.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

10000

128

pg.x2.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

20000

192

pg.x4.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

20000

192

pg.x8.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

20000

192

pg.x2.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

25000

256

pg.x4.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

25000

256

pg.x8.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

25000

256

pg.x2.3large.xc

12 CPU cores, 24 GB

2400

30000

320

pg.x4.3large.xc

12 CPU cores, 48 GB

4800

30000

320

pg.x8.3large.xc

12 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

30000

320

pg.x2.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

40000

384

pg.x4.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

40000

384

pg.x8.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

40000

384

pg.x2.3xlarge.xc

24 CPU cores, 48 GB

4800

50000

512

pg.x4.3xlarge.xc

24 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

50000

512

pg.x8.3xlarge.xc

24 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

50000

512

pg.x2.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

60000

640

pg.x4.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

60000

640

pg.x8.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

60000

640

pg.x2.13large.xc

52 CPU cores, 96 GB

9600

100000

1024

pg.x4.13large.xc

52 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

100000

1024

pg.x8.13large.xc

52 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

100000

1024

pg.x2.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

120000

1280

pg.x4.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

120000

1280

pg.x8.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

120000

1280

pg.x2.12xlarge.xc

96 CPU cores, 192 GB

9200

240000

2048

pg.x4.12xlarge.xc

96 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

240000

2048

pg.x8.12xlarge.xc

96 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

240000

2048

pg.x2.13xlarge.xc

104 CPU cores, 192 GB

19200

200000

2048

pg.x4.13xlarge.xc

104 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

200000

2048

pg.x8.13xlarge.xc

104 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

200000

2048

pg.x2.16xlarge.xc

128 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

320000

2560

pg.x4.16xlarge.xc

128 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

320000

2560

pg.x8.16xlarge.xc

128 CPU cores, 1024 GB

102400

320000

2560

pg.x2.24xlarge.xc

192 CPU cores, 384 GB

38400

500000

4096

pg.x4.24xlarge.xc

192 CPU cores, 768 GB

76800

500000

4096

pg.x8.24xlarge.xc

192 CPU cores, 1536 GB

153600

500000

4096

Yitian Edition specifications

To purchase a Yitian Edition instance type, your instance must meet the following requirements:

  • The major version of the instance is RDS PostgreSQL 14 or later.

  • The storage type of the instance is PL1 ESSD, PL2 ESSD, or PL3 ESSD.

  • The instance resides in one of the following regions: China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), and Singapore.

    Note

    Yitian Edition instance types are available in only a few regions. More regions and zones will be supported. For the latest information, check the buy page.

Notes
  • Yitian Edition instance types do not support the Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL feature.

  • You can change the instance type of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance from Standard Edition to Yitian Edition. For more information, see Change specifications.

Specifications

Series

Family

Specification Code

CPU and memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

Maximum I/O bandwidth

(MB/s)

Storage space

Cluster Edition

General-purpose

pg.n4e.2c.xc

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

The maximum IOPS and maximum I/O bandwidth cannot be guaranteed. If your workloads are sensitive to IOPS, select a Dedicated instance type.

  • PL1 ESSD: 20 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL2 ESSD: 500 GB to 64000 GB

  • PL3 ESSD: 1500 GB to 64000 GB

  • Premium ESSD: 10 GB to 64000 GB

pg.n4e.4c.xc

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

pg.n4e.8c.xc

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

pg.n2e.2c.xc

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

pg.n2e.4c.xc

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

pg.n2e.8c.xc

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

Dedicated

pg.x2e.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 4 GB

400

20000

192

pg.x4e.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

20000

192

pg.x8e.medium.xc

2 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

20000

192

pg.x2e.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 8 GB

800

40000

256

pg.x4e.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

40000

256

pg.x8e.large.xc

4 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

40000

256

pg.x2e.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 16 GB

1600

50000

384

pg.x4e.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

50000

384

pg.x8e.xlarge.xc

8 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

50000

384

pg.x2e.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 32 GB

3200

80000

640

pg.x4e.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

80000

640

pg.x8e.2xlarge.xc

16 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

80000

640

pg.x2e.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 64 GB

6400

125000

1024

pg.x4e.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

125000

1024

pg.x8e.4xlarge.xc

32 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

125000

1024

pg.x2e.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 128 GB

12800

240000

2048

pg.x4e.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 256 GB

25600

240000

2048

pg.x8e.8xlarge.xc

64 CPU cores, 512 GB

51200

240000

2048

Phased-out instance types

The following table lists the phased-out instance types for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL. These instance types are no longer available for new instances. We recommend that you use the latest instance types.

Phased-out instance types

Specification Code

CPU cores

Memory

Maximum connections

Maximum IOPS

rds.pg.t1.small

1

1 GB

100

600

pg.x8.4xlarge.2

32

256 GB

20000

50000

pg.n1.micro.1

1

1 GB

100

See IOPS

pg.gn5i-c2g1.large.1

2

8 GB

800

pg.gn5i-c4g1.xlarge.1

4

16 GB

1600

pg.gn5i-c8g1.2xlarge.1

8

32 GB

3200

pg.gn5i-c16g1.4xlarge.1

16

64 GB

6400

pg.gn5i-c16g1.8xlarge.1

32

128 GB

12800

pg.gn5i-c28g1.14xlarge.1

56

224 GB

22000

pg.n2.small.2c

1

2 GB

200

pg.n2.medium.2c

2

4 GB

400

rds.pg.s1.small

1

2 GB

200

pg.n2.small.1

1

2 GB

200

pg.n4.8xlarge.1

64

256 GB

22000

pg.n8.8xlarge.1

64

512 GB

48000

rds.pg.s2.large

2

4 GB

Unlimited

See IOPS

rds.pg.s3.large

4

8 GB

rds.pg.c1.large

8

16 GB

rds.pg.c1.xlarge

8

32 GB

rds.pg.c2.xlarge

16

64 GB

rds.pg.c2.2xlarge

16

128 GB

pg.x8.medium.2

2

16 GB

2500

4500

pg.x8.large.2

4

32 GB

5000

9000

pg.x8.xlarge.2

8

64 GB

10000

18000

pg.x8.2xlarge.2

16

128 GB

20000

36000

rds.pg.st.h43

60

470 GB

12000

50000

pg.n2.medium.1

2

4 GB

400

See IOPS

pg.n4.medium.1

2

8 GB

800

pg.n2.large.1

4

8 GB

800

pg.n4.large.1

4

16 GB

1600

pg.n2.xlarge.1

8

16 GB

1600

pg.n4.xlarge.1

8

32 GB

3200

pg.n2.2xlarge.1

16

32 GB

3200

pg.n4.2xlarge.1

16

64 GB

6400

pg.n8.2xlarge.1

16

128 GB

10000

pg.n4.4xlarge.1

32

128 GB

12800

pg.n8.4xlarge.1

32

256 GB

20000