db.m5d.24xlargevsdb.m6id.24xlarge

db.m5d.24xlarge is 7% cheaper than db.m6id.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $513.92 a month.

At a glancedb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
On-demand$10.057/hr7% less$10.761/hr
Lowest rate$7.744/hr7% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$8.286/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge vs db.m5d.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.057$10.761▲ 7%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$7.74423% off$8.286▲ 7%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5d.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$10.057 vs $10.761 per hour
7% cheaper
Where db.m6id.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

15 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
Network25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 1,425 GB SSD
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 details1 of 4 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlarge
Hardware Basism5d.24xlargem6id.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5d.24xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5d.24xlargedb.m6id.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.057$10.761▲ 7%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.057$10.761▲ 7%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.057$10.761▲ 7%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.135$11.889▲ 7%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.034$12.862▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.959$14.912▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$14.03$14.963▲ 7%

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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.