i3.xlargevsi4i.xlarge

i3.xlarge is 9% cheaper than i4i.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $22.63 a month.

At a glancei3.xlargei4i.xlarge
On-demand$0.312/hr9% less$0.343/hr
Lowest rate$0.0976/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0765/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlargei4i.xlargei4i.xlarge vs i3.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.312$0.343▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.097678% off$0.0765▼ 22%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.21435% off$0.223▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront52% off$0.15154% off$0.159▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$0.24622% off$0.267▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.17444% off$0.191▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i3.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.312 vs $0.343 per hour
9% cheaper
Max EBS volumes40 vs 26
54% higher
Where i4i.xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 850 Mbps
11.8× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
52% higher
Network baseline1.875 Gbps vs 1.25 Gbps
50% higher
Memory (GiB)32 vs 30.5
5% higher

Specs

23 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differi3.xlargei4i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU16–
Memory1 of 1 differi3.xlargei4i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)30.532
Networking1 of 8 differi3.xlargei4i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.875 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage11 of 12 differi3.xlargei4i.xlarge
Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD1 x 937 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 950 GB SSD1 × 937 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeYesRequired
EBS throughput850 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth850 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput106.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput106.25 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0005,000
EBS max IOPS6,00040,000
Max EBS volumes4026
Instance details5 of 10 differi3.xlargei4i.xlarge
Familyi3i4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni3.xlargei4i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.312$0.343▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.312$0.343▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.312$0.343▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.326$0.359▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.344$0.378▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.344$0.378▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.344$0.378▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.344$0.378▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.354$0.389▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.354$0.389▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.361$0.397▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.362$0.398▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.362$0.398▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.362$0.398▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.366$0.403▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.366$0.403▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.366$0.403▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.372$0.409▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.374$0.411▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.374$0.411▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.374$0.411▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.374$0.411▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.376$0.414▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.376$0.414▲ 10%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.378$0.416▲ 10%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.378$0.416▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.409$0.45▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.41$0.451▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.412$0.453▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.498$0.548▲ 10%

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