i3.metal
i3.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 488 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.992 per hour on demand ($3,644.16 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.807 per hour. It is sold in 23 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot |
|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $4.992 | $1.807 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $4.992 | $0.8529 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $4.992 | $1.033 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $5.216 | $0.5607 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $5.504 | – |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $5.504 | $1.961 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $5.504 | $0.6538 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $5.664 | $1.749 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $5.792 | $0.7252 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $5.792 | $0.9625 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $5.792 | $0.6837 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $5.856 | $0.5863 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $5.856 | $0.5856 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $5.856 | $0.5856 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $5.952 | $1.376 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $5.984 | $0.5984 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $5.984 | – |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $6.016 | – |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $6.016 | – |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $6.054 | $0.8356 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $6.56 | $1.291 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $6.592 | $0.7109 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $7.968 | $0.7968 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $4.992 | – | – |
| SUSE | $5.092 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $5.118 | – | – |
| RHEL | $5.77 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $6.074 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $6.778 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $6.986 | – | – |
| Windows | $7.936 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $9.063 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $12.672 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $14.41 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $15.418 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $15.616 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $28.992 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $31.936 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $32.77 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $33.778 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Clock speed | 2.3 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo |
| ECU | 201 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 488 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 20 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 8 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| EBS throughput | 14000 Mbps |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | i3.metal |
| Family | i3 |
| Category | Storage optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
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Other i3 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| i3.large | 2 | 15.25 | $0.156 |
| i3.xlarge | 4 | 30.5 | $0.312 |
| i3.2xlarge | 8 | 61 | $0.624 |
| i3.4xlarge | 16 | 122 | $1.248 |
| i3.8xlarge | 32 | 244 | $2.496 |
| i3.16xlarge | 64 | 488 | $4.992 |
| i3.metal | 64 | 488 | $4.992 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.