c3.2xlarge

c3.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 15 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.42 per hour on demand ($306.60 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.292 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.138 per hour. It is sold in 11 regions.

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
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.42$0.138$0.292–$0.305$0.263
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.42$0.1547$0.292–$0.305$0.263
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.46–––––
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.478$0.2151$0.36–$0.378$0.324
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.478$0.1542$0.36$0.239$0.378$0.324
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.504–$0.352–$0.365$0.317
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.511$0.1665$0.388–$0.424$0.349
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.516$0.2315$0.384–$0.408$0.346
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.529$0.1751$0.392–$0.409$0.353
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.529$0.1868$0.392–$0.409$0.353
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.65$0.1229$0.492–$0.533$0.443
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.42$0.292–
SUSE$0.52$0.328–
RHEL$0.535$0.381–
Linux SQL Web$0.555$0.401–
RHEL SQL Web$0.67––
RHEL HA$0.675$0.521–
Windows$0.752$0.657–
Windows SQL Web$1.083$0.771–
Linux SQL Std$1.38$1.225–
RHEL SQL Std$1.495––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.635––
Windows SQL Std$2.131$1.542–
Linux SQL Ent$3.42$3.265–
RHEL SQL Ent$3.535––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.675––
Windows SQL Ent$3.788$3.664–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU28
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage2 x 80 SSD
Local disks2 × 80 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,000
EBS max IOPS8,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec3.2xlarge
Familyc3
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c3.2xlarge

Other generations

vs c4.2xlarge

Other c3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c3.large23.75$0.105
c3.xlarge47.5$0.21
c3.2xlarge815$0.42
c3.4xlarge1630$0.84
c3.8xlarge3260$1.68

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