db.t3.xlarge

db.t3.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.29 per hour on demand ($211.70 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2068 per hour, 29% less. It is sold in 36 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demand1-yr reserved
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.29$0.2068
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.29$0.2068
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.29$0.2068
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.296$0.2147
Mexico (Central) mx-central-1$0.304$0.234
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.312$0.2402
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.312$0.2129
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.32$0.2251
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1$0.32$0.246
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.328$0.2239
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.328$0.2411
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.328$0.2307
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$0.328$0.2525
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.336$0.2293
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.343$0.2342
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.344$0.2477
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.35$0.2461
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.35$0.2461
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$0.37$0.2849
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.371$0.2532
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.38$0.2713
Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2$0.404$0.311
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.404$0.311
Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7$0.404$0.311
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.424$0.3294
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.424$0.3265
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.448$0.3481
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.448$0.3481
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.448$0.3481
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.448$0.3528
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.448$0.3528
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.448$0.3528
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4$0.448–
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.4704$0.3622
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.4928$0.3881
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.604$0.3742
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$0.29$0.2068–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.579$0.4135–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.272$0.1914–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.272$0.1914–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.272$0.1714–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.272––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.272$0.1714–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ$0.272––
Db2 Advanced · Single-AZ$0.29$0.2233–
Db2 Advanced BYOL · Single-AZ$0.29$0.2233–
Db2 Standard · Single-AZ$0.29$0.2233–
Db2 Standard BYOL · Single-AZ$0.29$0.2233–
SQL Server Express · Single-AZ$0.35$0.2208–
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.4$0.2519–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.544$0.3827–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.544$0.3827–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.544$0.3427–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.544––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.544$0.3427–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ$0.544––
Db2 Standard · Multi-AZ$0.579$0.4458–
Db2 Standard BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.579$0.4458–
Db2 Advanced · Multi-AZ$0.58$0.4466–
Db2 Advanced BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.58$0.4466–
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.6$0.378–
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$0.7324––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$1.044$0.9866–
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$1.20$0.756–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$2.088$1.973–
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ$2.262––
SQL Server Enterprise · Multi-AZ$2.98––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
BurstableYes
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline1.024 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS15,700
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.t3.xlarge
Familyt3
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
OtherValue
Hardware Basist3.xlarge

Compare db.t3.xlarge

Burstable

vs db.m5.xlargevs db.m5d.xlargevs db.m6i.xlargevs db.m8i.xlargevs db.m7i.xlargevs db.m6id.xlargevs db.m4.xlargevs db.m6idn.xlargevs db.m6in.xlarge

Other generations

vs db.t2.xlarge

Other t3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.t3.micro21$0.018
db.t3.small22$0.036
db.t3.medium24$0.072
db.t3.large28$0.145
db.t3.xlarge416$0.29
db.t3.2xlarge832$0.579

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