db.t3.2xlargevsdb.m5.2xlarge

db.t3.2xlarge is 19% cheaper than db.m5.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $97.09 a month.

At a glancedb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
On-demand$0.579/hr19% less$0.712/hr
Lowest rate$0.4135/hr9% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$0.456/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleFull CPUSteady performance, no credits to manage

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiondb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge vs db.t3.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.579$0.712▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront29% off$0.413536% off$0.456▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.t3.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.579 vs $0.712 per hour
19% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
Where db.m5.2xlarge leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps vs 695 Mbps
3.3× higher
Network peak10 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
2× higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher

Specs

19 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 8 differdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64–
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)–
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableYesNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 3 differdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
NetworkModerate–
Network baseline2.048 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage7 of 7 differdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
StorageEBS Only–
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps2,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s287.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,00012,000
EBS max IOPS15,70018,750
Instance details4 of 4 differdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Familyt3m5
CategoryGeneral purpose–
Current generationYes–
Normalization factor32–
Other1 of 1 differdb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
Hardware Basist3.2xlargem5.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.t3.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.t3.2xlargedb.m5.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.579$0.712▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.579$0.712▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.579$0.712▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.593$0.749▲ 26%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.624$0.788▲ 26%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.624$0.788▲ 26%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.64$0.784▲ 23%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.655$0.827▲ 26%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.655$0.827▲ 26%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.656$0.824▲ 26%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.656$0.824▲ 26%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.672$0.848▲ 26%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.686$0.867▲ 26%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.688$0.868▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.7$0.85▲ 21%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.7$0.85▲ 21%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.74$0.933▲ 26%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.743$0.938▲ 26%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.76$0.812▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.848$1.012▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.848$1.012▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.896$1.037▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.896$0.988▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.9856$1.087▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.208$0.932▼ 23%

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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.