d3.xlarge

d3.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.499 per hour on demand ($364.27 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.315 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0992 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$0.499$0.0992$0.315$0.216$0.378$0.259
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.499$0.0516$0.315$0.216$0.378$0.259
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.499$0.1338$0.315$0.216$0.378$0.259
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.524$0.077$0.33$0.226$0.396$0.271
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.55$0.1033$0.347$0.238$0.416$0.285
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.598–$0.377$0.259$0.452$0.31
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.609$0.1527$0.384$0.263$0.461$0.316
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.626$0.1419$0.394$0.27$0.473$0.325
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.626$0.108$0.394$0.27$0.473$0.325
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.64$0.1174$0.403$0.276$0.484$0.332
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.64$0.1046$0.403$0.276$0.484$0.332
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$0.64$0.1475$0.403$0.276$0.484$0.332
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.658$0.131$0.415$0.284$0.497$0.341
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.724$0.1226$0.456$0.313$0.547$0.375
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$0.724$0.1387$0.456$0.313$0.547$0.375
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$0.499$0.315$0.216
Ubuntu Pro$0.506––
SUSE$0.556$0.365$0.261
RHEL$0.557$0.372$0.273
Linux SQL Web$0.567$0.382$0.283
RHEL SQL Web$0.625––
RHEL HA$0.627$0.442$0.343
Windows$0.683$0.499$0.4
Windows SQL Web$0.751$0.566$0.467
Linux SQL Std$0.979$0.795$0.696
RHEL SQL Std$1.037––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.107––
Windows SQL Std$1.163$0.979$0.88
Linux SQL Ent$1.999$1.815$1.716
RHEL SQL Ent$2.057––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$2.127––
Windows SQL Ent$2.183$1.999$1.90

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline3 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface3
StorageValue
Storage3 x 2000 HDD
Local disks3 × 1,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput350 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS5,000
EBS max IOPS15,000
Max EBS volumes24
Instance detailsValue
Instance typed3.xlarge
Familyd3
CategoryStorage optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare d3.xlarge

With or without local disk and networking

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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.