m3.xlarge

m3.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 15 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.266 per hour on demand ($194.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.19 per hour, 29% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0477 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$0.266$0.0477$0.19–$0.199$0.171
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.266$0.084$0.19–$0.199$0.171
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.293$0.1156$0.22–$0.247$0.198
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.308$0.0772$0.232–$0.262$0.209
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.315$0.1161$0.239–$0.266$0.215
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.336–$0.244–$0.255$0.22
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.366–––––
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.372$0.1059$0.258$0.169$0.269$0.232
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.381$0.0623$0.24–$0.252$0.216
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.385$0.0904$0.255$0.17$0.263$0.23
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.392$0.0897$0.272–$0.285$0.245
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$0.266$0.19–
RHEL$0.326$0.23–
Linux SQL Web$0.336$0.24–
SUSE$0.366$0.223–
RHEL SQL Web$0.393––
Windows$0.518$0.397–
Windows SQL Web$0.734$0.479–
Linux SQL Std$0.748$0.653–
RHEL SQL Std$0.806––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.876––
Windows SQL Std$1.266$0.882–
Linux SQL Ent$1.768$1.673–
RHEL SQL Ent$1.826––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.896––
Windows SQL Ent$1.95$1.878–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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
ECU13
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage2 x 40 SSD
Local disks2 × 40 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS4,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem3.xlarge
Familym3
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare m3.xlarge

Other generations

vs m4.xlarge

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.