r4.16xlarge

r4.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 488 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.256 per hour on demand ($3,106.88 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.688 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.8698 per hour. It is sold in 17 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$4.256$0.8698$2.688$1.832$3.091$2.106
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$4.256$0.6861$2.688$1.832$3.091$2.106
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$4.256$1.15$2.688$1.832$3.091$2.106
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$4.384$0.9106$2.756$1.90$3.169$2.185
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$4.672$0.7933$2.957$2.005$3.40$2.305
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.742$1.875$2.99$2.039$3.439$2.345
US West (N. California) us-west-1$4.742$0.9003$2.99$2.039$3.439$2.345
EU (London) eu-west-2$4.992$0.8432$3.158$2.143$3.632$2.464
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$4.992$0.6711$3.152$2.167$3.625$2.493
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$5.107$1.321$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$5.107–$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.12$0.9317$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$5.12$0.5171$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$5.12$1.368$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$5.12$1.876$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$5.122$1.303$3.226$2.212$3.709$2.544
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$8.96$0.896$5.645$3.871$6.492$4.451
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$4.256$2.688$1.832
SUSE$4.356$2.721$1.865
Ubuntu Pro$4.368––
RHEL$4.947$3.379$2.523
Linux SQL Web$5.338$3.77$2.913
RHEL HA$5.843$4.275$3.419
RHEL SQL Web$6.029––
Windows$7.20$5.632$4.776
Windows SQL Web$8.327$6.759$5.903
Linux SQL Std$11.936$10.368$9.512
RHEL SQL Std$12.627––
RHEL HA SQL Std$13.523––
Windows SQL Std$14.88$13.312$12.456
Linux SQL Ent$28.256$26.688$25.832
RHEL SQL Ent$28.947––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$29.843––
Windows SQL Ent$31.20$29.632$28.776

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU201
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)488
NetworkingValue
Network20 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS75,000
EBS max IOPS75,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer4.16xlarge
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r4.16xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

vs m4.16xlarge

Other generations

vs r5.16xlarge

Other r4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r4.large215.25$0.133
r4.xlarge430.5$0.266
r4.2xlarge861$0.532
r4.4xlarge16122$1.064
r4.8xlarge32244$2.128
r4.16xlarge64488$4.256

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