db.m5.xlargevsdb.m5d.xlarge

db.m5.xlarge is 15% cheaper than db.m5d.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $45.99 a month.

At a glancedb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
On-demand$0.356/hr15% less$0.419/hr
Lowest rate$0.228/hr29% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.3227/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargedb.m5d.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge vs db.m5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.356$0.419▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.22823% off$0.3227▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.356 vs $0.419 per hour
15% cheaper
Where db.m5d.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

6 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
NetworkingAll 2 matchdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
Local disks–1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Instance details3 of 3 differdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
Familym5m5d
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Normalization factor168
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlarge
Hardware Basism5.xlargem5d.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.356$0.419▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.356$0.419▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.356$0.419▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.374$0.44▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.392$0.462▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.394$0.464▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.406$0.482▲ 19%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.412$0.486▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.412$0.486▲ 18%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.414$0.488▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.424$0.501▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.43$0.483▲ 12%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.43$0.483▲ 12%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.433$0.511▲ 18%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.434$0.511▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.466$0.548▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.469$0.553▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.494$0.58▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.494$0.582▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.494$0.58▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.494$0.585▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.494$0.582▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.506$2.41▲ 376%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.506$0.611▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.518$0.61▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.5434$0.638▲ 17%

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

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