db.m4.16xlarge

db.m4.16xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.844 per hour on demand ($4,266.12 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 17 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$5.844
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$5.844
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$5.844
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$6.428
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$6.448
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$6.496
EU (London) eu-west-2$6.772
US West (N. California) us-west-1$6.82
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$6.96
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$6.976
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$7.632
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$8.064
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$8.212
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$8.24
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$8.488
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$8.488
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$8.676

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$5.844––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$11.688––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$5.60––
MySQL · Single-AZ$5.60––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$5.606––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$11.20––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$11.20––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$11.213––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$19.584––
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$37.376––
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$39.168––
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$74.752––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
StorageValue
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS65,000
EBS max IOPS65,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m4.16xlarge
Familym4
Normalization factor128
OtherValue
Hardware Basism4.16xlarge

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Other m4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.m4.large28$0.182
db.m4.xlarge416$0.365
db.m4.2xlarge832$0.73
db.m4.4xlarge1664$1.461
db.m4.10xlarge40160$3.654
db.m4.16xlarge64256$5.844

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