i2.4xlargevsi3.4xlarge

i3.4xlarge is 63% cheaper than i2.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,578.26 a month.

At a glancei2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
On-demand$3.41/hr$1.248/hr63% less
Lowest rate$0.5837/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4478/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 122 GiB16 vCPUs, 122 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optioni2.4xlargei3.4xlargei3.4xlarge vs i2.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.41$1.248▼ 63%
SpotCan be interrupted83% off$0.583764% off$0.4478▼ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront50% off$1.69631% off$0.857▼ 49%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—52% off$0.605—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.75221% off$0.985▼ 44%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$1.52644% off$0.696▼ 54%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i2.4xlarge leads
Clock speed2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher
Where i3.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.248 vs $3.41 per hour
63% cheaper
Network baseline5 Gbps vs 2 Gbps
2.5× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth3,500 Mbps vs 2,000 Mbps
75% higher
ECU58 vs 53
9% higher

Specs

19 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differi2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU5358
MemoryAll 1 matchi2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)122122
Networking3 of 8 differi2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
NetworkHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage8 of 12 differi2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
Storage4 x 800 SSD2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 800 GB SSD2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoYes
EBS throughput1500 Mbps3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps3,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps3,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s437.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s437.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,00016,000
EBS max IOPS16,00016,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details3 of 10 differi2.4xlargei3.4xlarge
Familyi2i3
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i2.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni2.4xlargei3.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.41$1.248▼ 63%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.41$1.248▼ 63%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.41$1.248▼ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.751$1.376▼ 63%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.751$1.376▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.867$1.416▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.002$1.464▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.002$1.464▼ 63%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.051$1.488▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.07$1.496▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.07$1.496▼ 63%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.092$1.504▼ 63%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.