db.m5d.12xlargevsdb.m6id.12xlarge

db.m5d.12xlarge is 7% cheaper than db.m6id.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $257.69 a month.

At a glancedb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
On-demand$5.028/hr7% less$5.381/hr
Lowest rate$3.872/hr7% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$4.143/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.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge vs db.m5d.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.028$5.381▲ 7%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$3.87223% off$4.143▲ 7%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5d.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.028 vs $5.381 per hour
7% cheaper
Where db.m6id.12xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
58% higher
Network baseline18.75 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
56% higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

13 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking2 of 2 differdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
Network baseline12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD2 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00060,000
EBS max IOPS40,00060,000
Instance details2 of 2 differdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
Familym5dm6id
Normalization factor–96
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlarge
Hardware Basism5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5d.12xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5d.12xlargedb.m6id.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.028$5.381▲ 7%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.028$5.381▲ 7%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.028$5.381▲ 7%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.568$5.944▲ 7%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.017$6.431▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.98$7.456▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.015$7.482▲ 7%

Keep exploring

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

db.m5d.12xlargem5d family
db.m5d.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5d family

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db.m6id.12xlargem6id family
db.m6id.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6id family

Compare db.m6id.12xlarge with

db.m6i.12xlargedb.m6gd.12xlargedb.r6id.12xlarge

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