i2.xlarge

i2.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.853 per hour on demand ($622.69 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.424 per hour, 50% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1089 per hour. It is sold in 12 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.853$0.1089$0.424$0.438$0.382
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.853$0.0853$0.424$0.438$0.382
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.853$0.0967$0.424$0.438$0.382
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.938$0.2243$0.515$0.532$0.464
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.938$0.1028$0.515$0.532$0.464
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.967$0.1369$0.58$0.599$0.522
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.001$0.1687$0.623$0.643$0.561
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.001$0.1001$0.623$0.643$0.561
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.013$0.1617$0.556$0.575$0.5
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.018$0.1679$0.61$0.631$0.549
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.018$0.1365$0.61$0.631$0.549
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.023–$0.509$0.526$0.458
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.853$0.424–
RHEL$0.911$0.439–
Linux SQL Web$0.921$0.449–
SUSE$0.953$0.46–
Windows$0.973$0.565–
RHEL SQL Web$0.978––
RHEL HA$0.981$0.509–
Windows SQL Web$0.993$0.578–
Windows SQL Std$1.23$0.768–
Linux SQL Std$1.333$0.861–
RHEL SQL Std$1.391––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.461––
Linux SQL Ent$2.353$1.881–
RHEL SQL Ent$2.411––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$2.481––
Windows SQL Ent$2.537$2.108–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU14
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)30.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.7 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 800 SSD
Local disks1 × 800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS4,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typei2.xlarge
Familyi2
CategoryStorage optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare i2.xlarge

Other generations

vs i3.xlarge

Other i2 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
i2.xlarge430.5$0.853
i2.2xlarge861$1.705
i2.4xlarge16122$3.41
i2.8xlarge32244$6.82

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