db.r5.largevsdb.r5d.large

db.r5.large is 13% cheaper than db.r5d.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $26.28 a month.

At a glancedb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
On-demand$0.25/hr13% less$0.286/hr
Lowest rate$0.1444/hr34% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.22/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 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.r5.largedb.r5d.largedb.r5d.large vs db.r5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.25$0.286▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$0.144423% off$0.22▲ 52%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5.large leads
On-demand price$0.25 vs $0.286 per hour
13% cheaper
Where db.r5d.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 8 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Network–Up to 10 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
StorageEBS Only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Instance details3 of 4 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Familyr5r5d
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor812
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5.largedb.r5d.large
Hardware Basisr5.larger5d.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5.large first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5.largedb.r5d.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.25$0.286▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.25$0.286▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.25$0.286▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.257$0.292▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.2703$0.309▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.28$0.318▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.28$0.324▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.285$1.193▲ 319%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.285$0.331▲ 16%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.294$0.336▲ 14%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.294$0.334▲ 14%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.294$0.336▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.3$0.343▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.3$0.343▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.3$0.341▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.3$0.343▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.3$0.346▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3$0.343▲ 14%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.3$0.321▲ 7%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.3$0.32▲ 7%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.305$0.347▲ 14%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.308$0.35▲ 14%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.308$0.35▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.33$0.346▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.333$0.377▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.524$0.594▲ 13%

Keep exploring

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

db.r5.largeMemory optimized, r5 family
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db.r5d.largeMemory optimized, r5d family
db.r5d.large prices and specsEvery size in the r5d family

Compare db.r5d.large with

db.m5d.largedb.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r6id.large

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