Amazon Redshift RG instances now available on the trailing track

Amazon Redshift now supports Graviton-based RG instances on the trailing track. Starting July 7, 2026, rg.4xlarge and rg.xlarge instance types are available for customers running workloads on the trailing track (P201).

The trailing track is designed for customers who prioritize stability for production workloads, running on a version already validated through the leading track. With RG instances now available on both tracks, customers can take advantage of AWS Graviton-powered performance - delivering up to 2.4x faster query performance than RA3 instances at 30% lower price per vCPU.

To get started, customers can provision a new cluster or resize an existing cluster to an rg.4xlarge or rg.xlarge instance type on the trailing track (P201) in the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs.

For more information, see Amazon Redshift cluster versions.