db.m5.8xlarge

db.m5.8xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.848 per hour on demand ($2,079.04 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.824 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$2.848$1.824
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.848$1.824
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.848$1.824
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$2.994$2.074
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.136$1.976
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$3.152$2.427
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.152$2.218
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.248$2.421
EU (London) eu-west-2$3.296$2.318
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$3.296$2.285
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$3.31$2.318
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$3.31$2.549
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.392$2.422
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$3.41$2.246
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$3.41$2.246
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$3.468$2.438
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$3.472$2.50
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.728$2.256
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$3.731$2.873
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$3.751$2.621
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.952$2.739
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$3.952$2.448
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.952$2.569
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.952$2.739
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$3.952$2.573
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$3.952–
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$4.048$2.592
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$4.048$3.117
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$4.147$2.875
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$4.347$2.83
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$2.848$1.824–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$5.696$3.648–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$2.736$1.695–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$2.74$1.752–
MySQL · Single-AZ$2.74$1.752–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$3.283––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$4.80––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$4.80––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$4.80––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$5.47$3.504–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$5.47$3.504–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$5.472$3.39–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$6.566––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$9.60––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$9.60––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$9.60––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$9.792$7.463–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$11.475$10.672–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$18.688$18.768–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$19.584$14.927–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$22.95––
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ$24.627$22.903–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$26.627$25.828–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ$35.089––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000
EBS max IOPS30,000
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5.8xlarge
Familym5
CategoryGeneral purpose
Normalization factor64
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5.8xlarge

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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.