db.m5d.24xlargevsdb.r5d.24xlarge

db.m5d.24xlarge is 27% cheaper than db.r5d.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,669.61 a month.

At a glancedb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
On-demand$10.057/hr27% less$13.714/hr
Lowest rate$7.744/hr27% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$10.56/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge vs db.m5d.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.057$13.714▲ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$7.74423% off$10.56▲ 36%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5d.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$10.057 vs $13.714 per hour
27% cheaper
Where db.r5d.24xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher

Specs

10 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384768
Networking1 of 3 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
Network25 Gbps–
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Storage1 of 8 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD–
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 900 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
Familym5dr5d
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor192–
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlarge
Hardware Basism5d.24xlarger5d.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.m5d.24xlargedb.r5d.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.057$13.714▲ 36%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.057$13.714▲ 36%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.057$13.714▲ 36%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$10.56$13.993▲ 33%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$11.079$14.855▲ 34%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.135$15.251▲ 37%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$11.571$15.552▲ 34%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$11.582$15.389▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$11.582$15.362▲ 33%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$11.654$16.114▲ 38%
EU (London)eu-west-2$11.67$16.114▲ 38%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$11.71$16.019▲ 37%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.034$16.663▲ 38%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$12.27$16.787▲ 37%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$12.27$16.787▲ 37%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$13.158$28.531▲ 117%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$13.266$18.077▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$13.931$16.484▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.931$16.484▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.959$16.484▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$13.966$16.389▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$14.03$16.593▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$14.638$16.484▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$14.669$15.89▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$15.314$16.599▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$57.84$61.963▲ 7%

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