db.m8a.12xlarge

db.m8a.12xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.158 per hour on demand ($3,765.05 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year Database Savings Plan costs $4.126 per hour, 20% less. It is sold in 9 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	1-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$5.158	$4.126
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$5.158	$4.126
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$5.158	$4.126
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2	$5.71	$4.568
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$5.71	$4.568
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$6.144	$4.915
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$7.159	$5.727
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1	$7.334	$5.867
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2	$7.334	$5.867

Reserved and Savings Plans

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

Option	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ	$5.158	–	–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ	$10.315	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Single-AZ	$4.914	–	–
MariaDB · Single-AZ	$5.158	–	–
MySQL · Single-AZ	$5.158	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$9.827	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$9.827	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$9.827	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$9.827	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$9.827	–	–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ	$10.315	–	–
MySQL · Multi-AZ	$10.315	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	48
Physical cores	48
Threads per core	1
CPU maker	AMD
Sustained clock	4.5 GHz
Burstable	No

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	192

Networking	Value
Network baseline	22.5 Gbps
Network peak	22.5 Gbps

Storage	Value
EBS baseline bandwidth	15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth	15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput	1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput	1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS	60,000
EBS max IOPS	60,000

Instance details	Value
Instance type	db.m8a.12xlarge
Family	m8a

Other	Value
Hardware Basis	m8a.12xlarge

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Other m8a sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db.m8a.large	2	8	$0.2149
db.m8a.xlarge	4	16	$0.4298
db.m8a.2xlarge	8	32	$0.8596
db.m8a.4xlarge	8	64	$1.719
db.m8a.8xlarge	32	128	$3.438
db.m8a.16xlarge	32	256	$6.877
db.m8a.12xlarge	48	192	$5.158
db.m8a.24xlarge	96	384	$10.315
db.m8a.48xlarge	192	768	$20.63

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