m2.4xlarge

m2.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 68.4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.98 per hour on demand ($715.40 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.444 per hour, 55% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2519 per hour. It is sold in 9 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$0.98$0.2519$0.444$0.511$0.294
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.98$0.2985$0.444$0.511$0.294
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.10$0.4254$0.536$0.616$0.383
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.10$0.1355$0.536$0.616$0.38
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.15$0.2188$0.604$0.695$0.43
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.171–$0.544$0.626$0.369
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.183$0.2723$0.592$0.681$0.422
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.183$0.5136$0.592$0.681$0.422
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.291$1.053$0.516$0.593$0.408
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$0.98$0.444–
SUSE$1.08$0.48–
RHEL$1.10$0.559–
Windows$1.38$0.991–
Windows SQL Web$1.70$1.245–
Windows SQL Std$2.976$1.887–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntel
BurstableNo
ECU26
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)68.4
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 840 SSD
Local disks2 × 840 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,000
EBS max IOPS8,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem2.4xlarge
Familym2
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor32
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare m2.4xlarge

Other generations

vs m4.4xlarge

Other m2 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m2.xlarge217.1$0.245
m2.2xlarge434.2$0.49
m2.4xlarge868.4$0.98

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