h1.2xlarge

h1.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.468 per hour on demand ($341.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.318 per hour, 32% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1622 per hour. It is sold in 4 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$0.468$0.1622$0.318$0.226$0.366$0.26
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.468$0.1328$0.318$0.226$0.366$0.26
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.468$0.2005$0.318$0.226$0.366$0.26
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.519$0.237$0.375$0.269$0.432$0.309
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$0.468$0.318$0.226
SUSE$0.568$0.351$0.259
RHEL$0.583$0.433$0.341
Linux SQL Web$0.603$0.453$0.361
RHEL SQL Web$0.718––
RHEL HA$0.723$0.573$0.481
Windows$0.836$0.686$0.594
Windows SQL Web$0.971$0.821$0.729
Linux SQL Std$1.428$1.278$1.186
RHEL SQL Std$1.543––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.683––
Windows SQL Std$1.796$1.646$1.554
Linux SQL Ent$3.468$3.318$3.226
RHEL SQL Ent$3.583––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.723––
Windows SQL Ent$3.836$3.686$3.594

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU31
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 2000 HDD
Local disks1 × 2,000 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput218.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput218.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS12,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeh1.2xlarge
Familyh1
CategoryStorage optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Other h1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
h1.2xlarge832$0.468
h1.4xlarge1664$0.936
h1.8xlarge32128$1.872
h1.16xlarge64256$3.744

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