m2.xlarge

m2.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 17.1 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.245 per hour on demand ($178.85 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.111 per hour, 55% less. Spot capacity is about $0.055 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.

Region	On-demand	Spot	1-yr reserved	1-yr savings plan	3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$0.245	$0.055	$0.111	$0.128	$0.073
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$0.245	$0.064	$0.111	$0.128	$0.073
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$0.275	$0.0943	$0.134	$0.154	$0.096
US West (N. California) us-west-1	$0.275	$0.0333	$0.134	$0.154	$0.095
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$0.287	$0.0575	$0.151	$0.174	$0.108
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1	$0.293	–	$0.136	$0.156	$0.093
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$0.296	$0.1219	$0.148	$0.17	$0.106
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$0.296	$0.1009	$0.148	$0.17	$0.106
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$0.323	$0.0557	$0.129	$0.148	$0.102

Reserved and Savings Plans Spot prices by region Windows prices by region

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

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$0.245	$0.111	–
RHEL	$0.274	$0.14	–
SUSE	$0.345	$0.147	–
Windows	$0.345	$0.249	–
Windows SQL Web	$0.445	$0.323	–
Windows SQL Std	$1.084	$0.728	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	2
Physical cores	2
Threads per core	1
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Family
CPU maker	Intel
Burstable	No
ECU	6.5

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	17.1

Networking	Value
Network	Moderate
Network baseline	0.3 Gbps
Network peak	1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networking	No
EFA	No
IPv6	No
Max network interfaces	4
IPv4 addresses per interface	15

Storage	Value
Storage	1 x 420 SSD
Local disks	1 × 420 GB HDD
EBS optimized	No
EBS over NVMe	No
Max EBS volumes	39

Instance details	Value
Instance type	m2.xlarge
Family	m2
Category	Memory optimized
Current generation	No
Normalization factor	8
Bare metal	No
Hypervisor	Xen
Placement groups	Partition, Spread
Hibernation	No
Nitro Enclaves	No
Boot modes	Legacy BIOS

Other m2 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
m2.xlarge	2	17.1	$0.245
m2.2xlarge	4	34.2	$0.49
m2.4xlarge	8	68.4	$0.98

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