x1.32xlargevsx1e.32xlarge

x1.32xlarge is 50% cheaper than x1e.32xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $9,745.50 a month.

At a glancex1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
On-demand$13.338/hr50% less$26.688/hr
Lowest rate$2.661/hr16% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.186/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 1952 GiB128 vCPUs, 3904 GiB
ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 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.

Optionx1.32xlargex1e.32xlargex1e.32xlarge vs x1.32xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$2.66188% off$3.186▲ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$8.21938% off$16.446▲ 100%
3-yr reservedNo upfront68% off$4.28868% off$8.579▲ 100%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment29% off$9.45229% off$18.913▲ 100%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment63% off$4.93163% off$9.866▲ 100%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where x1.32xlarge leads
On-demand price$13.338 vs $26.688 per hour
50% cheaper
ECU349 vs 340
3% higher
Where x1e.32xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)3,904 vs 1,952
2× higher

Specs

5 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 11 differx1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2
BurstableNoNo
ECU349340
Memory1 of 1 differx1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
Memory (GiB)1,9523,904
Networking1 of 8 differx1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
NetworkHigh25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 12 matchx1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
Storage2 x 1920 SSD2 x 1920 SSD
Local disks2 × 1,920 GB SSD2 × 1,920 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput14000 Mbps14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps14,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps14,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s1,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s1,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details1 of 10 differx1.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
Familyx1x1e
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for x1.32xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionx1.32xlargex1e.32xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$13.762$27.52▲ 100%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$14.672$29.338▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$16.006$32.00▲ 100%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$16.006$32.00▲ 100%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$16.006$32.00▲ 100%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$18.674$37.344▲ 100%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$19.048$38.08▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$19.341$38.688▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$19.341$38.688▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$19.341$38.688▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$19.341$38.688▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$19.342$38.688▲ 100%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$26.01$52.019▲ 100%

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x1e.32xlargeMemory optimized, x1e family
x1e.32xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the x1e family

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