db.m5.16xlarge

db.m5.16xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.696 per hour on demand ($4,158.08 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.648 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$5.696$3.648
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$5.696$3.648
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$5.696$3.648
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$5.988$4.147
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$6.272$3.952
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$6.304$4.854
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$6.304$4.435
US West (N. California) us-west-1$6.496$4.842
EU (London) eu-west-2$6.592$4.637
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$6.592$4.57
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$6.619$4.637
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$6.62$5.097
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$6.784$4.845
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$6.82$4.492
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$6.82$4.492
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$6.936$4.877
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$6.944$5.00
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$7.456$4.512
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$7.462$5.746
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$7.502$5.242
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$7.904$5.478
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$7.904$4.896
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$7.904$5.138
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$7.904$5.478
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$7.904$5.146
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$7.904–
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$8.096$5.184
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$8.096$6.234
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$8.294$5.75
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$8.694$5.661
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$5.696$3.648–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$11.392$7.296–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$5.47$3.504–
MySQL · Single-AZ$5.47$3.504–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$5.472$3.39–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$6.566––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$9.60––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$9.60––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$9.60––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$10.94$7.008–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$10.94$7.008–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$10.944$6.78–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$13.133––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$19.20––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$19.20––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$19.20––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$19.584$14.927–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$22.95$21.344–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$37.376$37.535–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$39.168$29.854–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$45.901––
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ$49.254$45.807–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$53.254$51.657–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ$70.179––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network baseline20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5.16xlarge
Familym5
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5.16xlarge

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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.