db.r5b.2xlarge

db.r5b.2xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.184 per hour on demand ($864.32 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6858 per hour, 42% less. It is sold in 14 regions; the cheapest is EU (Stockholm) at $1.169 per hour.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demand1-yr reserved
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$1.169–
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.184$0.6858
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.184$0.6858
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.184$0.6858
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.206–
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.236–
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$1.295–
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.295–
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.317–
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.339–
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.404$0.9553
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.428$0.9716
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.429$0.943
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.754–

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$1.184$0.6858–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$2.368$1.372–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$1.103––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM · Single-AZ$1.103$0.6946–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$1.103$0.6946–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$1.104––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$1.104––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$1.184$0.6858–
MySQL · Single-AZ$1.184$0.6858–
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$1.672––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$1.672––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$1.672––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$1.923$1.615–
SQL Server Web Custom · Single-AZ$1.923––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM · Multi-AZ$2.205$1.389–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$2.205$1.389–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$2.208––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$2.208––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$2.368$1.372–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$2.368$1.372–
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$3.175$3.00–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$3.175––
SQL Server Developer BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$3.344––
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$3.344––
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$3.344––
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$3.711––
SQL Server Web Custom · Multi-AZ$3.846––
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$5.153$5.14–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Single-AZ$5.153––
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$6.349$6.00–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$6.349––
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$7.627$7.608–
SQL Server Enterprise Custom · Multi-AZ$7.627––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS21,667
EBS max IOPS43,333
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.r5b.2xlarge
Familyr5b
CategoryMemory optimized
OtherValue
Hardware Basisr5b.2xlarge

Compare db.r5b.2xlarge

With or without local disk and networking

Other r5b sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.r5b.large216$0.296
db.r5b.large.tpc1.mem2x232$0.551
db.r5b.xlarge432$0.592
db.r5b.2xlarge864$1.184
db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x8128$2.205
db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x8256$4.41
db.r5b.4xlarge16128$2.368
db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x16256$4.41
db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x16384$6.615
db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x16512$8.821
db.r5b.6xlarge.tpc2.mem4x24768$13.231
db.r5b.8xlarge32256$4.736
db.r5b.12xlarge48384$7.104
db.r5b.16xlarge64512$9.472
db.r5b.24xlarge96768$14.208
db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x––$8.821
db.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x––$13.231
db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x––$1.103
db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x––$2.205

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