d3.4xlarge

d3.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.998 per hour on demand ($1,458.54 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.259 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5347 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.998$0.5347$1.259$0.863$1.51$1.036
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.998$0.3261$1.259$0.863$1.51$1.036
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.998$0.4566$1.259$0.863$1.51$1.036
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.095$0.3625$1.32$0.905$1.583$1.086
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.201$0.3739$1.386$0.951$1.664$1.141
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.394–$1.508$1.034$1.81$1.241
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.437$0.6257$1.535$1.053$1.843$1.263
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.504$0.2554$1.578$1.082$1.893$1.298
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.504$0.5921$1.578$1.082$1.893$1.298
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.559$0.4562$1.612$1.106$1.935$1.327
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.559$0.395$1.612$1.106$1.935$1.327
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$2.559$0.5619$1.612$1.106$1.935$1.327
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.632$0.6832$1.658$1.137$1.99$1.365
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$2.895$0.5566$1.824$1.251$2.189$1.501
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.897$0.5196$1.825$1.251$2.19$1.502
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.998$1.259$0.863
Ubuntu Pro$2.026––
SUSE$2.123$1.319$0.917
RHEL$2.171$1.431$1.036
Linux SQL Web$2.268$1.529$1.133
RHEL HA$2.395$1.655$1.26
RHEL SQL Web$2.441––
Windows$2.734$1.995$1.599
Windows SQL Web$3.004$2.265$1.869
Linux SQL Std$3.918$3.179$2.783
RHEL SQL Std$4.091––
RHEL HA SQL Std$4.315––
Windows SQL Std$4.654$3.915$3.519
Linux SQL Ent$7.998$7.259$6.863
RHEL SQL Ent$8.171––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$8.395––
Windows SQL Ent$8.734$7.995$7.599

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
Storage12 x 2000 HDD
Local disks12 × 1,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput2800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput350 MB/s
EBS max throughput350 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS15,000
EBS max IOPS15,000
Max EBS volumes15
Instance detailsValue
Instance typed3.4xlarge
Familyd3
CategoryStorage optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare d3.4xlarge

With or without local disk and networking

vs d3en.4xlarge

Other generations

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Other d3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
d3.xlarge432$0.499
d3.2xlarge864$0.999
d3.4xlarge16128$1.998
d3.8xlarge32256$3.995

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.