Instances AWS RDS db.r5d.8xlarge db.r5d.8xlarge
db.r5d.8xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8175). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.571 per hour on demand ($3,336.83 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.52 per hour, 23% less. It is sold in 26 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 $4.571 $3.52 – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $9.143 $7.04 – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys) $12.864 – – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ $4.261 $3.087 – MariaDB · Single-AZ $4.571 – – MySQL · Single-AZ $4.571 $3.52 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ $8.522 $6.175 – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $9.143 – – MySQL · Multi-AZ $9.143 $7.04 – SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ $12.566 $11.875 – MySQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys) $12.864 – – SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ $20.509 $20.457 – SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ $25.133 $23.75 – SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ $31.276 $31.198 –
Compute Value vCPUs 32 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 CPU maker Intel Sustained clock 3.1 GHz Burstable No
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 256
Networking Value Network 10 Gbps Network baseline 10 Gbps Network peak 10 Gbps
Storage Value Storage 2 x 600 NVMe SSD Local disks 2 × 600 GB SSD EBS baseline bandwidth 6,800 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 6,800 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 850 MB/s EBS max throughput 850 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 30,000 EBS max IOPS 30,000
Instance details Value Instance type db.r5d.8xlarge Family r5d Category Memory optimized Current generation Yes Normalization factor 128
Other Value Hardware Basis r5d.8xlarge
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 .