r4.2xlarge

r4.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 61 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.532 per hour on demand ($388.36 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.336 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.126 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$0.532$0.126$0.336$0.229$0.3864$0.2633
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.532$0.147$0.336$0.229$0.3864$0.2633
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.532$0.1834$0.336$0.229$0.3864$0.2633
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.548$0.1802$0.3445$0.2375$0.3962$0.2731
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.584$0.1993$0.3696$0.2506$0.425$0.2881
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.5928$0.2368$0.3738$0.2549$0.4299$0.2931
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.5928$0.193$0.3738$0.2549$0.4299$0.2931
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.624$0.2075$0.3948$0.2678$0.454$0.308
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.624$0.1994$0.394$0.2709$0.4531$0.3116
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.6384$0.2534$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.6384–$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.64$0.2$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.64$0.2471$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.64$0.1844$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.64$0.2562$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.6402$0.2469$0.4032$0.2765$0.4637$0.318
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.12$0.1166$0.7056$0.4838$0.8114$0.5564
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$0.532$0.336$0.229
Ubuntu Pro$0.546––
SUSE$0.632$0.369$0.262
RHEL$0.6472$0.4512$0.3442
Linux SQL Web$0.6672$0.4712$0.3642
RHEL SQL Web$0.7824––
Windows SQL Web$0.787$0.628$0.738
RHEL HA$0.7872$0.5912$0.4842
Windows$0.9$0.704$0.597
Linux SQL Std$1.492$1.296$1.189
RHEL SQL Std$1.607––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.747––
Windows SQL Std$1.86$1.664$1.524
Linux SQL Ent$3.532$3.336$3.229
RHEL SQL Ent$3.647––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.787––
Windows SQL Ent$3.90$3.704$3.597

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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
ECU31
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)61
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1600 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,700 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,700 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput212.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput212.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS12,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer4.2xlarge
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r4.2xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

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Other generations

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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.