db.m5.xlarge

db.m5.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.356 per hour on demand ($259.88 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.228 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$0.356$0.228
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.356$0.228
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.356$0.228
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.374$0.2592
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.392$0.247
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.394$0.3034
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.394$0.2772
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.406$0.3027
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.412$0.2898
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.412$0.2855
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.414$0.2912
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$0.414$0.3187
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.424$0.3027
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.43$0.2807
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.43$0.2807
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.433$0.3049
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.434$0.3125
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$0.466$0.3591
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.466$0.2811
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.469$0.3299
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.494$0.3423
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.494$0.306
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.494$0.3216
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.494$0.3423
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.494$0.3216
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$0.494–
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.506$0.3241
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.506$0.3896
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.518$0.3593
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.5434$0.3538
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$0.356$0.228–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.712$0.456–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.342$0.2191–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.342$0.2191–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.342$0.2113–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.342$0.2113–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.41––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.54$0.416–
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.6––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.6––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.6––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.684$0.4381–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.684$0.4381–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.684$0.4227–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.684$0.4227–
SQL Server Web Custom · Single-AZ$0.7224$0.6718–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.821––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.876$0.5519–
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$1.012––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$1.20––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$1.20––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$1.20––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$1.224$1.04–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$1.434$1.334–
SQL Server Web Custom · Multi-AZ$1.445––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$1.752$1.104–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$2.336$2.242–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$2.448$2.08–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$2.869––
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ$3.078$2.863–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$3.328$3.228–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ$4.386––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network baseline1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS18,750
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5.xlarge
Familym5
CategoryGeneral purpose
Normalization factor16
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5.xlarge

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Other generations

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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.