db.m5d.largevsdb.m6id.large

db.m5d.large is 6% cheaper than db.m6id.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10.22 a month.

At a glancedb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
On-demand$0.21/hr6% less$0.224/hr
Lowest rate$0.1613/hr7% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.1726/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largedb.m6id.largedb.m6id.large vs db.m5d.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.21$0.224▲ 7%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$0.161323% off$0.1726▲ 7%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.m5d.large leads
On-demand price$0.21 vs $0.224 per hour
6% cheaper
Where db.m6id.large leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

16 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 3 differdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
Network–Up to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage5 of 8 differdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
Storage–1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
Familym5dm6id
Category–General purpose
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor48
Other1 of 1 differdb.m5d.largedb.m6id.large
Hardware Basism5d.largem6id.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.m5d.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.m5d.largedb.m6id.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.21$0.224▲ 7%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.21$0.224▲ 7%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.21$0.224▲ 7%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.232$0.248▲ 7%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.251$0.268▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.291$0.311▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.292$0.312▲ 7%

Keep exploring

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

db.m5d.largem5d family
db.m5d.large prices and specsEvery size in the m5d family

Compare db.m5d.large with

db.m5.largedb.r5d.largedb.t3.largedb.t2.large
db.m6id.largeGeneral purpose, m6id family
db.m6id.large prices and specsEvery size in the m6id family

Compare db.m6id.large with

db.m6i.largedb.t3.largedb.m6gd.largedb.r6id.largedb.t2.large

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