db.m5.12xlargevsdb.m5d.12xlarge

db.m5.12xlarge is 15% cheaper than db.m5d.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $551.88 a month.

At a glancedb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
On-demand$4.272/hr15% less$5.028/hr
Lowest rate$2.736/hr29% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$3.872/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge vs db.m5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.272$5.028▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$2.73623% off$3.872▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.272 vs $5.028 per hour
15% cheaper
Where db.m5d.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
Network baseline12 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps12 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
Local disks–2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Instance details2 of 2 differdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
Familym5m5d
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlarge
Hardware Basism5.12xlargem5d.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5.12xlargedb.m5d.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.272$5.028▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.272$5.028▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.272$5.028▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.492$5.28▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.704$5.539▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.728$5.568▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.872$5.786▲ 19%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.944$5.835▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.944$5.827▲ 18%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.964$5.855▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.088$6.017▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$5.11$5.791▲ 13%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$5.11$5.791▲ 13%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$5.201$6.135▲ 18%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$5.208$6.135▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.592$6.579▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.626$6.633▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$5.928$6.965▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.928$6.983▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.928$6.965▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.928$7.015▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.928$6.98▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$6.072$28.92▲ 376%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.072$7.334▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$6.221$7.319▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$6.521$7.657▲ 17%

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