r3.2xlarge

r3.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 61 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.665 per hour on demand ($485.45 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.418 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1464 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is US East (Ohio) at $0.664 per hour.

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 (Ohio) us-east-2$0.664$0.1489$0.418–$0.433$0.376
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.665$0.1464$0.418–$0.433$0.376
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.665$0.208$0.418–$0.433$0.376
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.741$0.271$0.543$0.348$0.564$0.489
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.741$0.1636$0.543–$0.564$0.489
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.758$0.1868$0.577–$0.599$0.519
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.798$0.2045$0.597–$0.629$0.537
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.798$0.1828$0.607–$0.628$0.546
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.798$0.2499$0.597–$0.629$0.537
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.798$0.2427$0.597–$0.629$0.537
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.798–$0.502–$0.519$0.452
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.8$0.2564$0.585–$0.608$0.527
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.399$0.1399$1.067–$1.101$0.96
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$0.665$0.418–
SUSE$0.765$0.451–
RHEL$0.779$0.492–
Linux SQL Web$0.799$0.512–
RHEL SQL Web$0.914––
RHEL HA$0.919$0.632–
Windows$1.045$0.824–
Windows SQL Web$1.52$1.069–
Linux SQL Std$1.624$1.337–
RHEL SQL Std$1.739––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.879––
Windows SQL Std$2.74$2.412–
Linux SQL Ent$3.664$3.377–
RHEL SQL Ent$3.779––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.919––
Windows SQL Ent$4.033$3.789–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU26
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)61
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 160 SSD
Local disks1 × 160 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
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 typer3.2xlarge
Familyr3
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r3.2xlarge

Other generations

vs r4.2xlarge

Other r3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r3.large215.25$0.166
r3.xlarge430.5$0.333
r3.2xlarge861$0.665
r3.4xlarge16122$1.33
r3.8xlarge32244$2.66

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