db.m5.24xlargevsdb.m6i.24xlarge

db.m5.24xlarge and db.m6i.24xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $8.544 per hour.

At a glancedb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
On-demand$8.544/hr$8.544/hr
Lowest rate$5.472/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront$5.472/hr0% less1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge vs db.m5.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.544$8.544Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$5.47236% off$5.472Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5.24xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where db.m6i.24xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
58% higher
Network baseline37.5 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
50% higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

14 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking2 of 2 differdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
Network baseline25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000120,000
EBS max IOPS80,000120,000
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Normalization factor–192
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlarge
Hardware Basism5.24xlargem6i.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5.24xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5.24xlargedb.m6i.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.544$8.544Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.544$8.544Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.544$8.544Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.983$8.976Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.408$9.408Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.456$9.456Same
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.456$9.456Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.744$9.744Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.888$9.888Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.888$9.888Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$9.929$9.924Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$9.929$9.929Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$10.176$10.176Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$10.23$10.08▼ 1%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$10.23$10.08▼ 1%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$10.402$10.416Same
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$10.416$9.984▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$11.184$11.184Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$11.194$11.184Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$11.253$11.232Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$11.856$11.856Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$11.856$11.856Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$11.856$11.856Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$11.856$11.856Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$11.856$11.856Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$12.144$12.144Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.144$12.144Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$12.441$12.432Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$13.042$13.042Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

db.m5.24xlargeGeneral purpose, m5 family
db.m5.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

Compare db.m5.24xlarge with

db.m5d.24xlargedb.r5.24xlarge
db.m6i.24xlargem6i family
db.m6i.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare db.m6i.24xlarge with

db.r6i.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlargedb.m6idn.24xlargedb.m6in.24xlargedb.m7i.24xlarge

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