db.m5.2xlargevsdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x

db.m5.2xlarge is 90% cheaper than db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,923.12 a month.

At a glancedb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
On-demand$0.712/hr90% less$7.456/hr
Lowest rate$0.456/hr89% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.313/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 512 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x vs db.m5.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.45642% off$4.313▲ 846%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.712 vs $7.456 per hour
90% cheaper
Where db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 32
16× higher

Specs

24 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 9 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
vCPUs88
Physical cores4–
Threads per core2–
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntel–
Clock speed–Up to 3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz–
BurstableNo–
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Memory (GiB)32512
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Network–20 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps–
Network peak10 Gbps–
Storage7 of 7 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Storage–EBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s–
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS12,000–
EBS max IOPS18,750–
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Familym5r5
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor–128
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Hardware Basism5.2xlarge–

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5.2xlargedb.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.712$7.456▲ 947%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.749$7.836▲ 946%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.784$8.192▲ 945%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.788$8.256▲ 948%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.812$8.224▲ 913%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.824$8.704▲ 956%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.824$8.672▲ 952%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.827$8.669▲ 948%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.848$9.024▲ 964%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.85$8.976▲ 956%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.85$8.976▲ 956%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.867$9.082▲ 948%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.932$15.552▲ 1569%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.938$9.825▲ 947%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.988$8.848▲ 796%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.988$8.848▲ 796%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.988$8.864▲ 797%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.012$8.416▲ 732%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.037$8.864▲ 755%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.087$9.75▲ 797%

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