db.m5d.xlarge

db.m5d.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.419 per hour on demand ($305.87 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3227 per hour, 23% less. It is sold in 27 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$0.419$0.3227
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.419$0.3227
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.419$0.3227
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.44$0.3388
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.462$0.3554
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.464$0.3573
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.482$0.3712
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.483$0.3456
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.483$0.3456
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.486$0.3744
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.486$0.3739
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.488$0.3757
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.501$0.3861
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.511$0.3937
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.511$0.3937
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.548$0.4221
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.553$0.4256
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.58$0.4469
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.58$0.4469
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.582$0.4479
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.582$0.4481
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.585$0.4501
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.61$0.4696
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.611$0.4706
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.638$0.4913
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$2.41–
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1––
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$0.419$0.3227–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.838$0.6453–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys)$1.17––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.403$0.288–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.403$0.288–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.419$0.3227–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.419$0.3227–
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.598$0.4078–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.805$0.576–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.805$0.576–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.838$0.6453–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.838$0.6453–
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$1.128––
MySQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys)$1.17––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$1.291$1.016–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$2.388$2.316–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$2.581$2.033–
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$3.641$3.532–

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
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD
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.m5d.xlarge
Familym5d
Normalization factor8
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5d.xlarge

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Other m5d sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.m5d.large28$0.21
db.m5d.xlarge416$0.419
db.m5d.2xlarge832$0.838
db.m5d.4xlarge1664$1.676
db.m5d.8xlarge32128$3.352
db.m5d.12xlarge48192$5.028
db.m5d.16xlarge64256$6.705
db.m5d.24xlarge96384$10.057

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