i2.xlargevsi3.xlarge

i3.xlarge is 63% cheaper than i2.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $394.93 a month.

At a glancei2.xlargei3.xlarge
On-demand$0.853/hr$0.312/hr63% less
Lowest rate$0.1089/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0976/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 30.5 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.xlargei3.xlargei3.xlarge vs i2.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.853$0.312▼ 63%
SpotCan be interrupted87% off$0.108969% off$0.0976▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront50% off$0.42431% off$0.214▼ 50%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—52% off$0.151—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.43821% off$0.246▼ 44%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.38244% off$0.174▼ 54%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i2.xlarge leads
Clock speed2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher
Where i3.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.312 vs $0.853 per hour
63% cheaper
Network peak10 Gbps vs 2.8 Gbps
3.6× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps vs 500 Mbps
70% higher
ECU16 vs 14
14% higher

Specs

22 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differi2.xlargei3.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU1416
MemoryAll 1 matchi2.xlargei3.xlarge
Memory (GiB)30.530.5
Networking4 of 8 differi2.xlargei3.xlarge
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.7 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage10 of 12 differi2.xlargei3.xlarge
Storage1 x 800 SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 800 GB SSD1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoYes
EBS throughput750 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0006,000
EBS max IOPS4,0006,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details3 of 10 differi2.xlargei3.xlarge
Familyi2i3
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regioni2.xlargei3.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.853$0.312▼ 63%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.853$0.312▼ 63%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.853$0.312▼ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.938$0.344▼ 63%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.938$0.344▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.967$0.354▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.001$0.366▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.001$0.366▼ 63%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.013$0.372▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.018$0.374▼ 63%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.018$0.374▼ 63%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.023$0.376▼ 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.