db.m5.12xlarge

db.m5.12xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.272 per hour on demand ($3,118.56 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.736 per hour, 36% less. It is sold in 30 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demand1-yr reserved
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$4.272$2.736
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$4.272$2.736
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$4.272$2.736
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$4.492$3.11
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$4.704$2.963
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$4.728$3.641
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.728$3.326
US West (N. California) us-west-1$4.872$3.632
EU (London) eu-west-2$4.944$3.478
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$4.944$3.426
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$4.964$3.492
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$4.964$3.822
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$5.088$3.633
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$5.11$3.369
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$5.11$3.369
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$5.201$3.659
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$5.208$3.75
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$5.592$3.373
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$5.597$4.309
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$5.626$3.958
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.928$4.108
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$5.928$3.672
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$5.928$3.859
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$5.928$4.108
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$5.928$3.859
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$5.928–
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$6.072$3.889
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$6.072$4.675
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$6.221$4.312
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$6.521$4.245
Reserved and Savings Plans

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$4.272$2.736–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$8.544$5.472–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$4.104$2.629–
MySQL · Single-AZ$4.104$2.629–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$4.104$2.536–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$4.925––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$7.20––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$7.20––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$7.20––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$8.208$5.257–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$8.208$5.257–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$8.208$5.072–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$9.85––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$14.40––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$14.40––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$14.40––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$14.688$12.48–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$17.213$16.008–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$28.032$26.904–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$29.376$24.96–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$34.426––
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ$36.941$34.355–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$39.941$38.743–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ$52.635––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)192
NetworkingValue
Network baseline12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5.12xlarge
Familym5
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5.12xlarge

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Other m5 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.m5.large28$0.178
db.m5.xlarge416$0.356
db.m5.2xlarge832$0.712
db.m5.4xlarge1664$1.424
db.m5.8xlarge32128$2.848
db.m5.12xlarge48192$4.272
db.m5.16xlarge64256$5.696
db.m5.24xlarge96384$8.544

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