r3.4xlarge

r3.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 122 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.33 per hour on demand ($970.90 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.836 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3847 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is US East (Ohio) at $1.328 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$1.328$0.3159$0.836–$0.867$0.752
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.33$0.3847$0.836–$0.867$0.752
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.33$0.4319$0.836–$0.867$0.752
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.482$0.4944$1.087$0.695$1.127$0.978
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.482$0.2302$1.087–$1.127$0.978
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.516$0.4527$1.155–$1.198$1.04
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.596$0.4201$1.193–$1.258$1.074
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.596$0.3792$1.216–$1.256$1.094
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.596$0.5561$1.193–$1.258$1.074
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.596$0.4842$1.193–$1.258$1.074
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.596–$1.003–$1.037$0.903
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.60$0.3981$1.17–$1.216$1.053
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.799$0.2799$2.134–$2.202$1.921
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$1.33$0.836–
SUSE$1.43$0.869–
RHEL$1.501$0.926–
Linux SQL Web$1.598$1.024–
RHEL HA$1.725$1.15–
RHEL SQL Web$1.771––
Windows$1.944$1.49–
Windows SQL Web$2.295$1.617–
Linux SQL Std$3.248$2.673–
RHEL SQL Std$3.421––
RHEL HA SQL Std$3.645––
Windows SQL Std$4.585$4.041–
Linux SQL Ent$7.328$6.753–
RHEL SQL Ent$7.501––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.725––
Windows SQL Ent$8.066$7.579–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
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
ECU52
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)122
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline2 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage1 x 320 SSD
Local disks1 × 320 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,000
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer3.4xlarge
Familyr3
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor32
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r3.4xlarge

Other generations

vs r4.4xlarge

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.