# AWS makes Graviton5 database instances generally available for Aurora and RDS

_Published Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM EST · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

AWS has made Graviton5-based R9g database instances generally available for Aurora with PostgreSQL and MySQL compatibility, and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB. Customers can select them through the RDS console or AWS Command Line Interface.

AWS says the instances provide up to a 30% performance improvement and up to a 22% price-performance improvement at on-demand prices over equivalent Graviton4 instances on Aurora, depending on engine, version and workload. Nine sizes offer up to 192 vCPUs and 100 Gbps of networking bandwidth. Availability covers US East in N. Virginia and Ohio, US West in Oregon, and Europe in Frankfurt.

## Sources

- [Recent Announcements](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/11/amazon-aurora-rds-postgresql-mysql-mariadb-r9g-instances/)

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Published: 2026-11-12T23:13:40.335Z
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