AWS Big Data Blog
Author: Ankit Sahu
Meet Amazon Redshift RG – AWS Graviton-based instances with an integrated data lake query engine delivering up to 2.4x better performance at 30% lower price than RA3
On May 12, 2026, we announced the general availability of Amazon Redshift RG instances, powered by AWS Graviton processors. RG instances are up to 2.2x as fast for data warehouse workloads and up to 2.4x as fast for data lake workloads, all at 30% lower price per vCPU compared to RA3 instances. RG instances support all data lake formats supported by RA3 and eliminate Amazon Redshift Spectrum’s per-TB scanning charges. RG instances feature a custom-built integrated vectorized query engine, making them a more performant and cost-effective foundation for unified analytics. We are launching with two instance sizes: rg.xlarge and rg.4xlarge, with additional sizes coming later this year.