r3.xlarge

r3.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.333 per hour on demand ($243.09 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.209 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.088 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is US East (Ohio) at $0.332 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$0.332$0.077$0.209–$0.217$0.188
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.333$0.088$0.209–$0.217$0.188
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.333$0.0952$0.209–$0.217$0.188
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.371$0.1079$0.272$0.174$0.282$0.245
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.371$0.1228$0.272–$0.282$0.245
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.379$0.0741$0.288–$0.299$0.259
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.399$0.1278$0.298–$0.314$0.268
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.399$0.0913$0.304–$0.314$0.274
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.399$0.1387$0.298–$0.314$0.268
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.399$0.1087$0.298–$0.314$0.268
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.399–$0.251–$0.259$0.226
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4$0.1254$0.293–$0.304$0.264
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.7$0.07$0.534–$0.551$0.481
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$0.333$0.209–
RHEL$0.39$0.246–
Linux SQL Web$0.4$0.256–
SUSE$0.433$0.242–
RHEL SQL Web$0.457––
RHEL HA$0.46$0.316–
Windows$0.583$0.428–
Windows SQL Web$0.738$0.519–
Linux SQL Std$0.812$0.668–
RHEL SQL Std$0.87––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.94––
Windows SQL Std$1.378$1.213–
Linux SQL Ent$1.832$1.688–
RHEL SQL Ent$1.89––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.96––
Windows SQL Ent$2.017$1.895–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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
ECU13
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)30.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.7 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 80 SSD
Local disks1 × 80 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
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 typer3.xlarge
Familyr3
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r3.xlarge

Other generations

vs r4.xlarge

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.