m3.large

m3.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 7.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.133 per hour on demand ($97.09 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.095 per hour, 29% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0339 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$0.133$0.0339$0.095–$0.099$0.086
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.133$0.0382$0.095–$0.099$0.086
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.146$0.0485$0.11–$0.123$0.099
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.154$0.0399$0.116–$0.131$0.104
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.158$0.0518$0.12–$0.133$0.108
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.168–$0.122–$0.127$0.11
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.183–––––
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.186$0.0484$0.129$0.084$0.134$0.116
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.19$0.028$0.12–$0.126$0.108
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.193$0.0542$0.127$0.085$0.132$0.114
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.196$0.063$0.136–$0.142$0.122
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$0.133$0.095–
RHEL$0.163$0.115–
Linux SQL Web$0.202$0.154–
RHEL SQL Web$0.23––
SUSE$0.233$0.128–
Windows$0.259$0.199–
Windows SQL Web$0.367$0.239–
Linux SQL Std$0.614$0.566–
RHEL SQL Std$0.643––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.678––
Windows SQL Std$0.704$0.442–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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
ECU6.5
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)7.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.7 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
Storage1 x 32 SSD
Local disks1 × 32 GB SSD
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem3.large
Familym3
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare m3.large

Other generations

vs m4.large

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.