5 Carat Lab Grown Diamond Engagement Rings

Inside a 5 Carat Lab Grown Diamond Engagement Ring: What the Stone Costs

Each of the 680 or more 5 carat lab grown diamond engagement ring designs here is built around a lab grown diamond you select from 45,053 held today in the 4.90 to 5.10 carat band. Of those, 39,528 have been filmed in 360 HD video. The least expensive stone in the band is $2,140 after the current savings and the median sits at $4,655. The 5 carat lab rounds, the shape most designs are pictured with, begin at $2,470 with a median of $4,683. With a 5.22 carat lab round in place today, the Linda comfort fit solitaire comes to $3,320, the Bellora hidden halo to $4,100 and the Vivian solitaire to $3,650. All three are 14K white gold and include the stone. These numbers come from our inventory on October 19, 2026 and move with stock, and the 5 carat designs below are repriced with them.

Most jewelers do not keep a stone this size, around 11 mm across in a round, in the case at all. Lab grown makes it an ordinary order, and every 5 carat lab grown engagement ring on this page is priced with the lab stone already in it. The next table sets out what that stone costs shape by shape and how many of each we hold.

Lab Grown Center Stones Near Five Carats, Shape by Shape

The rows of this table add up to the headline count, because the shapes split the 45,053 stones between them without overlap. The round is the deepest row at 11,401 stones with a median of $4,683, and the oval comes second with 8,791. Compared at the medians, the oval is the least expensive shape at this weight at $4,496 and the marquise the most expensive at $4,831. An oval, pear or marquise also spreads its weight across a longer outline than a round, so it looks bigger on the hand, and the oval and pear also come in under the round at the median. Clicking a shape takes you to its own lab ring page, where these same designs are pictured with a stone of that shape at this size.

45,053 lab grown diamonds of 4.90 to 5.10 ct, split by shape, with the price you pay today for a 5 carat stone (October 19, 2026)

Either Side of the 5 Carat Mark

If you are used to the natural diamond habit of shopping a shade under the mark, the figures here run the other way. Between 4.90 and 4.99 carats we hold 2,954 stones with a median of $4,995, while the 42,099 stones from 5.00 to 5.10 carats have a median of $4,655. Hold the grade steady on rounds, at D to F and VS2 or better, and the lighter group has a median of $5,086 against $4,739 for the heavier one. A 5 carat lab diamond engagement ring therefore gains nothing by stopping short of the number, so take the round number.

Lab grown stones on either side of 5 carats: every shape, plus rounds at one fixed grade (October 19, 2026)

Color and Clarity Grades on a Lab Grown Round at This Weight

Someone used to natural pricing expects the top colors to carry a heavy premium; in lab grown at this weight the step is real but a small fraction of the natural one. Hold clarity at VS2 or better and 95 percent of the lab rounds this size on the color ladder are D to F, with D from $4,595 where G is from $3,020. Hold color at D to F and VS1 is from $4,065, VVS2 from $4,560. With nearly all the stock at D to F, that range with VS1 or better clarity and an Excellent cut is the natural pick for a 5 carat lab diamond engagement ring, and G or H is where to save.

Lab rounds of 4.90 to 5.10 ct: the lowest price at each color with clarity VS2 or better (11,311 stones), then at each clarity with color D to F (10,863 stones)

What the Natural Version of This Ring Costs

A 5 ct round graded G color and VS1 clarity begins at $3,465 grown in a lab and at $148,260 mined. Across every shape the two medians in this band are $4,655 against $81,355. The natural stone is the scarce one: we hold 1,427 natural stones at this weight beside 45,053 lab grown ones, and 1,192 of those 1,427 come with GIA reports. The lab stone matches the natural one for size and sparkle at a fraction of the cost; our 5 carat natural diamond engagement rings page carries these settings with mined stones.

Lab grown against natural: 5 carat rounds, 4.90 to 5.10 ct, matched grade for grade (October 19, 2026)

Which Setting Holds a Stone This Size

Thin bands will not carry this much stone, which matters if you have been admiring delicate settings. A stone at this weight wants a band of 2.5 to 3 mm and a reinforced head, either six to eight prongs or a bezel. It also wants as low a profile as the design allows so the ring does not snag. Elongated shapes spread the weight along the finger and sit nearer the hand. Lab pricing also leaves room for a heavier band and more metal, and a 5 carat lab grown engagement ring is designed around its stone from the start.

Face up on the hand, a 5 carat round is close to 11 mm wide; an oval is about 13.5 x 10 mm, an emerald cut about 11.5 x 8.5 mm and a cushion about 10.5 mm. The longer outlines read bigger for the same weight, which is why a lab oval or pear this size on a slim band is the largest looking ring you can buy for this money. Every design on the page is pictured with a 5 ct lab round in 14K white gold. Each is also made in yellow gold, in rose gold and in platinum around whichever stone you select. Our gemologists are paid no commission; by chat or phone they will put your 5 carat finalists side by side on video with you.

Today's Price of a Complete 5 Carat Lab Grown Diamond Engagement Ring

If you are setting a ceiling for the whole ring, note that the prices in the ring grid above are for finished rings. A default center is already counted, today a 5.22 carat lab round in 14K white gold. Among the first designs shown, the Linda comfort fit solitaire is the lowest at $3,320 and the Bellora hidden halo the highest at $4,100. The setting accounts for the difference between those two, and the stone accounts for the difference between this page and the natural one. Choose any of the 45,053 lab grown diamonds in this band, and the 5 carat lab grown diamond engagement ring is repriced around it.

Each 5 carat lab grown engagement ring as this page prices it today, in 14K white gold with the center stone counted in (October 19, 2026)

How Rare Carat Handles Your 5 Carat Lab Grown Engagement Ring Order

A purchase of this size raises the fair question of who you are buying from, and the answer is Rare Carat itself. We are a direct retailer and the merchant of record on every order, and we carry more than 2 million diamonds, natural and lab grown, any of which can be mounted in these designs. Each ring ships free and insured, returns are free for 30 days and resizing is free during the first year, and the setting is covered by a lifetime manufacturing warranty. Before the stone is set, our staff in New York put it under a microscope and check that its inscription matches the grading report. If you would rather pay monthly, Klarna, Afterpay, PayPal Pay Later, Katapult and Affirm are all offered at checkout. Rare Carat's rating is 5 out of 5 on both Google and Trustpilot, and on Trustpilot that makes it the highest rated jewelry brand in America.

The stone counts and prices above describe every lab grown diamond of 4.90 to 5.10 carats that Rare Carat held on October 19, 2026. They are filtered the way the diamond grids are, which means D to K color, FL to SI2 clarity, Good cut or better, GIA, IGI or GCAL graded, with or without video. That gave 45,053 lab grown stones, 39,528 of them with 360 HD video, plus 1,427 natural stones used for the comparison. The current savings are already in each stone price and are applied without a code; the regular price appears struck through on the stone itself. A starting price means the least expensive stone in that row, whatever its grade or weight. Finished ring prices are the ones this page displayed on October 19, 2026, set in 14K white gold with the named center stone included, and the design count is the one shown on the page. The two grade ladders and the matched grade table use only round stones from the band, so a change in price reflects a change in grade and not a change in shape.