r3.large

r3.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.166 per hour on demand ($121.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.105 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0428 per hour. It is sold in 13 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$0.166$0.0428$0.105–$0.108$0.095
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.166$0.0269$0.105–$0.108$0.095
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.166$0.0443$0.105–$0.108$0.095
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.185$0.0534$0.136$0.087$0.141$0.122
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.185$0.0426$0.136–$0.141$0.122
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.19$0.0348$0.145–$0.15$0.131
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2$0.0464$0.149–$0.157$0.134
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.2$0.0384$0.152–$0.157$0.137
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2$0.0551$0.149–$0.157$0.134
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2$0.0504$0.149–$0.157$0.134
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2$0.0619$0.146–$0.152$0.131
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.2–$0.125–$0.13$0.113
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.35$0.035$0.267–$0.275$0.24
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$0.166$0.105–
RHEL$0.195$0.123–
RHEL HA$0.23$0.158–
Linux SQL Web$0.234$0.162–
RHEL SQL Web$0.262––
SUSE$0.266$0.138–
Windows$0.291$0.238–
Windows SQL Web$0.386$0.272–
Linux SQL Std$0.646$0.574–
RHEL SQL Std$0.675––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.71––
Windows SQL Std$0.946$0.833–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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
ECU6.5
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15.25
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.5 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
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 typer3.large
Familyr3
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r3.large

Other generations

vs r4.large

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.