db.m3.xlarge

db.m3.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 4 vCPUs, 15 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.39 per hour on demand ($284.70 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 10 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demand
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.39
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.39
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.42
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.42
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.445
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.455
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.485
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.49
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.5
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.5

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$0.39––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.78––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.37––
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.37––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.37––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.37––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.74––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.74––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.74––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.74––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.903––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$1.806––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15
NetworkingValue
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
Local disks2 × 40 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS4,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m3.xlarge
Familym3
OtherValue
Hardware Basism3.xlarge

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Other m3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.m3.medium13.75$0.095
db.m3.large27.5$0.195
db.m3.xlarge415$0.39
db.m3.2xlarge830$0.775

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.