db.r5b.large

db.r5b.large is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.296 per hour on demand ($216.08 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1714 per hour, 42% less. It is sold in 14 regions; the cheapest is EU (Stockholm) at $0.292 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$0.292–
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.296$0.1714
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.296$0.1714
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.296$0.1714
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.302–
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.309–
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.324–
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.324–
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.329–
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.335–
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.351$0.2388
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.357$0.2429
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.357$0.2358
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.438–
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$0.296$0.1714–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.592$0.3429–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.276––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM · Single-AZ$0.276$0.1737–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.276––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.276$0.1737–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.276––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.296$0.1714–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.296$0.1714–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.418––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.541$0.4542–
SQL Server Web Custom · Single-AZ$0.541––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM · Multi-AZ$0.551$0.3473–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.551$0.3473–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.552––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.552––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.592$0.3429–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.592$0.3429–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.836––
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$1.014––
SQL Server Web Custom · Multi-AZ$1.082––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$1.19$1.124–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Single-AZ$1.19––
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$2.379$2.248–
SQL Server Standard Custom · Multi-AZ$2.379––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS5,417
EBS max IOPS43,333
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.r5b.large
Familyr5b
CategoryMemory optimized
OtherValue
Hardware Basisr5b.large

Compare db.r5b.large

With or without local disk and networking

vs db.r5.largevs db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x

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.