Instances AWS RDS db.r5.large db.r5.large
db.r5.large is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.25 per hour on demand ($182.50 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1444 per hour, 42% less. It is sold in 31 regions.
USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
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 $0.25 $0.1444 – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $0.5 $0.2888 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ $0.233 $0.1348 – Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ $0.233 $0.1348 – MariaDB · Single-AZ $0.24 $0.1386 – MySQL · Single-AZ $0.24 $0.1386 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $0.28 – – Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ $0.29 $0.19 – Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ $0.29 $0.19 – SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $0.372 – – SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $0.372 – – Aurora MySQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $0.377 – – Aurora PostgreSQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $0.377 – – SQL Server Web · Single-AZ $0.46 $0.3864 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.466 $0.2695 – Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.466 $0.2695 – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $0.48 $0.2772 – MySQL · Multi-AZ $0.48 $0.2772 – Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ $0.482 $0.3035 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $0.559 – – SQL Server Web Custom · Single-AZ $0.5916 $0.5502 – SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $0.744 – – SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $0.744 – – SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ $0.8524 – – Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ $0.964 $0.607 – SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ $1.02 $0.9639 – SQL Server Web Custom · Multi-AZ $1.183 – – SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ $1.304 $1.212 – SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ $2.04 $1.928 – SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ $2.607 – –
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 CPU maker Intel Sustained clock 3.1 GHz Burstable No
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network baseline 0.75 Gbps Network peak 10 Gbps
Storage Value Storage EBS Only EBS baseline bandwidth 650 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 4,750 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 81.25 MB/s EBS max throughput 593.75 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 3,600 EBS max IOPS 18,750
Instance details Value Instance type db.r5.large Family r5 Category Memory optimized Normalization factor 8
Other Value Hardware Basis r5.large
Compute and memory optimized
With or without local disk and networking
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes .