m3.2xlargevsm4.2xlarge

m4.2xlarge is 25% cheaper than m3.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $96.36 a month.

At a glancem3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
On-demand$0.532/hr$0.4/hr25% less
Lowest rate$0.1202/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1561/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 30 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)Intel 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.

Optionm3.2xlargem4.2xlargem4.2xlarge vs m3.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.532$0.4▼ 25%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.120261% off$0.1561▲ 30%
1-yr reservedNo upfront29% off$0.3838% off$0.2478▼ 35%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—57% off$0.1728—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment25% off$0.39729% off$0.285▼ 28%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment36% off$0.34250% off$0.1987▼ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m3.2xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface30 vs 15
2× higher
Clock speed2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
4% higher
Where m4.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.4 vs $0.532 per hour
25% cheaper
Memory (GiB)32 vs 30
7% higher
Max EBS volumes40 vs 39
3% higher

Specs

13 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU2626
Memory1 of 1 differm3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3032
Networking2 of 8 differm3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
NetworkHighHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6NoYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface3015
Storage3 of 12 differm3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
Storage2 x 80 SSDEBS only
Local disks2 × 80 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput1000 Mbps1000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps1,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s125 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,0008,000
EBS max IOPS8,0008,000
Max EBS volumes3940
Instance details3 of 10 differm3.2xlargem4.2xlarge
Familym3m4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m3.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm3.2xlargem4.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.532$0.4▼ 25%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.532$0.4▼ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.585$0.444▼ 24%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.616$0.468▼ 24%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.632$0.48▼ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.672$0.504▼ 25%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.732$0.492▼ 33%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.745$0.5▼ 33%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.761$0.636▼ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.77$0.516▼ 33%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.784$0.5▼ 36%

Keep exploring

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

m3.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m3 family
m3.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m3 family
m4.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare m4.2xlarge with

t3.2xlargec4.2xlarger4.2xlarget2.2xlargem5.2xlarge

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