r3.largevsr4.large

r4.large is 20% cheaper than r3.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $24.09 a month.

At a glancer3.larger4.large
On-demand$0.166/hr$0.133/hr20% less
Lowest rate$0.0428/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0353/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB2 vCPUs, 15.25 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.

Optionr3.larger4.larger4.large vs r3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.166$0.133▼ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.042873% off$0.0353▼ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.10537% off$0.084▼ 20%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—57% off$0.0572—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment35% off$0.10827% off$0.0966▼ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment43% off$0.09551% off$0.0658▼ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r3.large leads
Clock speed2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher
Where r4.large leads
On-demand price$0.133 vs $0.166 per hour
20% cheaper
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
ECU8 vs 6.5
23% higher
Max EBS volumes40 vs 39
3% higher

Specs

22 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr3.larger4.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU6.58
MemoryAll 1 matchr3.larger4.large
Memory (GiB)15.2515.25
Networking4 of 8 differr3.larger4.large
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.5 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage11 of 12 differr3.larger4.large
Storage1 x 32 SSDEBS only
Local disks1 × 32 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedNoYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput–400 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth–425 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–425 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–53.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput–53.125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–3,000
EBS max IOPS–3,000
Max EBS volumes3940
Instance details2 of 10 differr3.larger4.large
Familyr3r4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r3.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr3.larger4.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.166$0.133▼ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.166$0.133▼ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.166$0.133▼ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.185$0.1482▼ 20%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.185$0.1482▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.19$0.137▼ 28%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.2$0.16▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.2$0.16▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.2$0.1596▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.2$0.16▼ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.2$0.1596▼ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2$0.1601▼ 20%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.35$0.28▼ 20%

Keep exploring

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

r3.largeMemory optimized, r3 family
r3.large prices and specsEvery size in the r3 family
r4.largeMemory optimized, r4 family
r4.large prices and specsEvery size in the r4 family

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