m4.xlarge

m4.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2 per hour on demand ($146.00 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1239 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0681 per hour. It is sold in 16 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$0.2$0.0681$0.1239$0.0864$0.1425$0.0994
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2$0.0466$0.1239$0.0864$0.1425$0.0994
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2$0.0691$0.1239$0.0864$0.1425$0.0994
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.21$0.0743$0.1309$0.0885$0.1505$0.1018
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.222$0.0904$0.1365$0.095$0.157$0.1093
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.222$0.1003$0.1512$0.108$0.1739$0.1242
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.232$0.0803$0.1575$0.1145$0.1811$0.1317
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.234$0.1058$0.1701$0.1166$0.1956$0.1341
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.24$0.101$0.1638$0.121$0.1884$0.1391
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.246$0.0782$0.147$0.108$0.1691$0.1242
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.25$0.1045$0.1554$0.1058$0.1787$0.1217
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.25$0.1099$0.168$0.121$0.1932$0.1391
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.252–$0.168$0.1123$0.1932$0.1292
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.258$0.0932$0.1743$0.1274$0.2004$0.1466
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.258$0.1124$0.1743$0.1274$0.2004$0.1466
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.318$0.0695$0.1806$0.1382$0.2077$0.159
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.2$0.1239$0.0864
Ubuntu Pro$0.207––
RHEL$0.2576$0.1815$0.144
Linux SQL Web$0.2676$0.1915$0.154
SUSE$0.3$0.1569$0.1194
RHEL SQL Web$0.3252––
RHEL HA$0.3276$0.2515$0.214
Windows$0.384$0.3079$0.2704
Windows SQL Web$0.439$0.346$0.248
Linux SQL Std$0.68$0.6039$0.5664
RHEL SQL Std$0.7376––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8076––
Windows SQL Std$0.864$0.7879$0.7504
Linux SQL Ent$1.70$1.624$1.586
RHEL SQL Ent$1.758––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.828––
Windows SQL Ent$1.884$1.808$1.77

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.4 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU13
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS6,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem4.xlarge
Familym4
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare m4.xlarge

Burstable

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Compute and memory optimized

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Other generations

vs m3.xlargevs m5.xlarge

Other m4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m4.large28$0.1
m4.xlarge416$0.2
m4.2xlarge832$0.4
m4.4xlarge1664$0.8
m4.10xlarge40160$2.00
m4.16xlarge64256$3.20

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