m2.4xlargevsm4.4xlarge

m4.4xlarge is 18% cheaper than m2.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $131.40 a month. Per vCPU, m4.4xlarge costs 59% less.

At a glancem2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
On-demand$0.98/hr$0.8/hr18% less
Lowest rate$0.2519/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1749/hr31% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 68.4 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
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.

Optionm2.4xlargem4.4xlargem4.4xlarge vs m2.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.98$0.8▼ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.251978% off$0.1749▼ 31%
1-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.44438% off$0.4956▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—57% off$0.3456—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.51129% off$0.5699▲ 12%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment70% off$0.29450% off$0.3974▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m2.4xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)68.4 vs 64
7% higher
Where m4.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.8 vs $0.98 per hour
18% cheaper
ECU53.5 vs 26
2.1× higher
Network baseline2 Gbps vs 1 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps vs 1,000 Mbps
2× higher

Specs

25 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differm2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
vCPUs816
Physical cores88
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed–2.4 GHz
Sustained clock–2.4 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU2653.5
Memory1 of 1 differm2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)68.464
Networking2 of 8 differm2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
NetworkHighHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps2 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6NoYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differm2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
Storage2 x 840 SSDEBS only
Local disks2 × 840 GB HDD–
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput–2000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,00016,000
EBS max IOPS8,00016,000
Max EBS volumes3940
Instance details5 of 10 differm2.4xlargem4.4xlarge
Familym2m4
CategoryMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m2.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm2.4xlargem4.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.98$0.8▼ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.98$0.8▼ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.10$0.888▼ 19%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.10$0.936▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.15$1.032▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.171$1.008▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.183$1.00▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.183$1.00▼ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.291$1.272▼ 1%

Keep exploring

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

m2.4xlargeMemory optimized, m2 family
m2.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m2 family
m4.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare m4.4xlarge with

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