db.m4.2xlargevsdb.m5.2xlarge

db.m5.2xlarge is 2% cheaper than db.m4.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $13.14 a month.

At a glancedb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
On-demand$0.73/hr$0.712/hr2% less
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge vs db.m4.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.73$0.712▼ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—36% off$0.456—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m4.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m5.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.712 vs $0.73 per hour
2% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 1,000 Mbps
4.8× higher
Network baseline2.5 Gbps vs 1 Gbps
2.5× higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
29% higher

Specs

10 of 17 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 2 differdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Network baseline1 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage6 of 6 differdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s287.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,00012,000
EBS max IOPS8,00018,750
Instance details1 of 1 differdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Familym4m5
Other1 of 1 differdb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Hardware Basism4.2xlargem5.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m4.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m4.2xlargedb.m5.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.73$0.712▼ 2%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.73$0.712▼ 2%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.73$0.712▼ 2%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.803$0.784▼ 2%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.806$0.788▼ 2%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.811$0.824▲ 2%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.846$0.824▼ 3%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.852$0.812▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.87$0.848▼ 3%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.872$0.85▼ 3%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.954$0.932▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.008$0.988▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.026$0.988▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.029$1.012▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.061$1.037▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.061$0.988▼ 7%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.084$0.988▼ 9%

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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.