m3.2xlarge

m3.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 30 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.532 per hour on demand ($388.36 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.38 per hour, 29% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1202 per hour. It is sold in 11 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$0.532$0.1202$0.38–$0.397$0.342
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.532$0.2058$0.38–$0.397$0.342
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.585$0.2357$0.441–$0.494$0.397
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.616$0.1653$0.464–$0.525$0.418
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.632$0.2533$0.479–$0.532$0.431
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.672–$0.488–$0.509$0.439
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.732–––––
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.745$0.2129$0.517$0.338$0.537$0.465
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.761$0.1032$0.48–$0.503$0.432
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.77$0.2477$0.509$0.34$0.526$0.458
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.784$0.2492$0.544–$0.57$0.49
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$0.532$0.38–
SUSE$0.632$0.413–
RHEL$0.651$0.46–
Linux SQL Web$0.671$0.48–
RHEL SQL Web$0.786––
Windows$1.036$0.793–
Windows SQL Web$1.468$0.957–
Linux SQL Std$1.496$1.305–
RHEL SQL Std$1.611––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.751––
Windows SQL Std$2.532$1.661–
Linux SQL Ent$3.536$3.345–
RHEL SQL Ent$3.651––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.791––
Windows SQL Ent$3.90$3.756–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU26
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)30
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 80 SSD
Local disks2 × 80 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1000 Mbps
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 typem3.2xlarge
Familym3
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare m3.2xlarge

Other generations

vs m4.2xlarge

Other m3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m3.medium13.75$0.067
m3.large27.5$0.133
m3.xlarge415$0.266
m3.2xlarge830$0.532

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