db.r5d.24xlargevsdb.r6id.24xlarge

db.r5d.24xlarge is 4% cheaper than db.r6id.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $438.00 a month.

At a glancedb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
On-demand$13.714/hr4% less$14.314/hr
Lowest rate$10.56/hr4% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$11.022/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 768 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.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge vs db.r5d.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$13.714$14.314▲ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront23% off$10.5623% off$11.022▲ 4%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r5d.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$13.714 vs $14.314 per hour
4% cheaper
Where db.r6id.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

19 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecture–x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8375
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
Network–37.5 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
Storage–4 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 details4 of 4 differdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
Familyr5dr6id
Category–Memory optimized
Current generation–Yes
Normalization factor–192
Other1 of 1 differdb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlarge
Hardware Basisr5d.24xlarger6id.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r5d.24xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r5d.24xlargedb.r6id.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$13.714$14.314▲ 4%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$13.714$14.314▲ 4%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$13.714$14.314▲ 4%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$15.251$15.916▲ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$15.362$20.16▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$15.89$19.008▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$16.114$19.584▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$16.389$20.16▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$16.484$20.16▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$16.484$17.167▲ 4%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$16.593$17.317▲ 4%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$16.663$17.367▲ 4%

Keep exploring

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.