i3.2xlargevsi4i.2xlarge

i3.2xlarge is 9% cheaper than i4i.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $45.26 a month.

At a glancei3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.624/hr9% less$0.686/hr
Lowest rate$0.3712/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2504/hr33% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 61 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
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.

Optioni3.2xlargei4i.2xlargei4i.2xlarge vs i3.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.624$0.686▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted41% off$0.371263% off$0.2504▼ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.42835% off$0.445▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront52% off$0.30254% off$0.318▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$0.49322% off$0.534▲ 8%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.34844% off$0.381▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i3.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.624 vs $0.686 per hour
9% cheaper
Max EBS volumes40 vs 26
54% higher
Where i4i.2xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 1,700 Mbps
5.9× higher
Network baseline4.687 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
87% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
52% higher
Memory (GiB)64 vs 61
5% higher

Specs

25 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differi3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU31–
Memory1 of 1 differi3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6164
Networking3 of 8 differi3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps4.687 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage11 of 12 differi3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSD1 x 1875 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 1,900 GB SSD1 × 1,875 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeYesRequired
EBS throughput1750 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,700 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,700 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput212.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput212.5 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00010,000
EBS max IOPS12,00040,000
Max EBS volumes4026
Instance details5 of 10 differi3.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
Familyi3i4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i3.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni3.2xlargei4i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.624$0.686▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.624$0.686▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.624$0.686▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.652$0.717▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.688$0.757▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.688$0.757▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.688$0.757▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.688$0.757▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.708$0.779▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.708$0.779▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.722$0.795▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.724$0.796▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.724$0.796▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.724$0.796▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.732$0.805▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.732$0.805▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.732$0.805▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.744$0.818▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.748$0.823▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.748$0.823▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.748$0.823▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.748$0.823▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.752$0.827▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.752$0.827▲ 10%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.757$0.832▲ 10%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.757$0.832▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.818$0.9▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.82$0.902▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.824$0.906▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.996$1.096▲ 10%

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