db.m5.large

db.m5.large is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8175). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.178 per hour on demand ($129.94 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.114 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$0.178$0.114
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.178$0.114
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.178$0.114
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.187$0.1296
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.196$0.1235
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.197$0.1517
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.197$0.1386
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.203$0.1513
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.206$0.1449
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.206$0.1428
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.207$0.1456
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$0.207$0.1593
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.21$0.1404
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.21$0.1404
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.212$0.1514
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.217$0.1562
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.217$0.1524
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$0.233$0.1796
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.233$0.1405
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.234$0.1646
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.247$0.1712
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.247$0.153
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.247$0.1608
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.247$0.1712
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.247$0.1608
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$0.247–
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.253$0.162
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.253$0.1948
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.259$0.1797
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.2717$0.1769
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$0.178$0.114–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.356$0.228–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.171$0.1095–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.171$0.1095–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.171$0.1057–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.171$0.1057–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.205––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.3––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.3––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.311$0.229–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.342$0.2191–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.342$0.2191–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.342$0.2113–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.342$0.2113–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.41––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.438$0.2759–
SQL Server Web Custom · Single-AZ$0.5172$0.481–
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$0.5544––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.6––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.6––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$0.876$0.5519–
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$0.977$0.854–
SQL Server Web Custom · Multi-AZ$1.034––
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$1.229$1.143–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$1.954$1.708–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$2.458––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX512, Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS18,750
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5.large
Familym5
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5.large

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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.