db.m4.largevsdb.m5.large

db.m5.large is 2% cheaper than db.m4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.92 a month.

At a glancedb.m4.largedb.m5.large
On-demand$0.182/hr$0.178/hr2% less
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m4.largedb.m5.largedb.m5.large vs db.m4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.182$0.178▼ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—36% off$0.114—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m4.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m5.large leads
On-demand price$0.178 vs $0.182 per hour
2% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 450 Mbps
10.6× higher
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
29% higher

Specs

16 of 26 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX512, Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.45 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage6 of 8 differdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS throughput450 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth450 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth450 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput56.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput56.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS3,60018,750
Instance details2 of 3 differdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
Familym4m5
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationNoYes
Other1 of 1 differdb.m4.largedb.m5.large
Hardware Basism4.largem5.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m4.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m4.largedb.m5.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.182$0.178▼ 2%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.182$0.178▼ 2%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.182$0.178▼ 2%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.2$0.196▼ 2%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.201$0.197▼ 2%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.203$0.206▲ 1%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.211$0.206▼ 2%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.213$0.203▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.217$0.212▼ 2%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.218$0.21▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.239$0.233▼ 3%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.252$0.247▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.256$0.247▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.257$0.253▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.265$0.259▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.265$0.247▼ 7%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.271$0.247▼ 9%

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