a1.2xlarge

a1.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AWS Graviton Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.204 per hour on demand ($148.92 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1285 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1909 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.204 per hour.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.204$0.204$0.1285$0.0881$0.1588$0.108
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.204$0.1909$0.1285$0.0881$0.1478$0.1013
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.204$0.1772$0.1285$0.0881$0.1478$0.1013
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.204$0.204$0.1285$0.0881$0.1478$0.1013
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2304$0.2304$0.1452$0.0995$0.1811$0.1361
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2328$0.2328$0.1467$0.1006$0.1865$0.1374
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2352$0.2352$0.1482$0.1016$0.1827$0.124
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2568$0.2568$0.1618$0.1109$0.2134$0.1555
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2664$0.2664$0.1678$0.1151$0.1974$0.14

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.204$0.1285$0.0881
RHEL$0.3192$0.2437$0.2033
SUSE$0.329$0.1885$0.1421
RHEL HA$0.4592$0.3837$0.3433

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton Processor
Clock speed2.3 GHz
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps
Instance detailsValue
Instance typea1.2xlarge
Familya1
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor16

Other a1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
a1.medium12$0.0255
a1.large24$0.051
a1.xlarge48$0.102
a1.2xlarge816$0.204
a1.4xlarge1632$0.408
a1.metal1632$0.408

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.