r4.large

r4.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.133 per hour on demand ($97.09 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.084 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0353 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$0.133$0.0353$0.084$0.0572$0.0966$0.0658
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.133$0.0293$0.084$0.0572$0.0966$0.0658
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.133$0.0374$0.084$0.0573$0.0966$0.0658
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.137$0.0494$0.0861$0.0594$0.099$0.0683
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.146$0.045$0.0924$0.0626$0.1063$0.072
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1482$0.0486$0.0934$0.0637$0.1075$0.0733
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.1482$0.0401$0.0934$0.0637$0.1075$0.0733
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.156$0.0436$0.0987$0.067$0.1135$0.077
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.156$0.0464$0.0985$0.0677$0.1133$0.0779
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1596$0.0501$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.1596–$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.16$0.0492$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.16$0.0525$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.16$0.0514$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.16$0.0659$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1601$0.058$0.1008$0.0691$0.1159$0.0795
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.28$0.03$0.1764$0.121$0.2029$0.1391
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$0.133$0.084$0.0572
Ubuntu Pro$0.1365––
RHEL$0.1618$0.1128$0.086
RHEL HA$0.1968$0.1478$0.121
Linux SQL Web$0.2006$0.1516$0.1248
Windows$0.225$0.176$0.1492
RHEL SQL Web$0.2294––
SUSE$0.233$0.117$0.0902
Windows SQL Web$0.296$0.247$0.2202
Linux SQL Std$0.613$0.564$0.5372
RHEL SQL Std$0.6418––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6768––
Windows SQL Std$0.705$0.656$0.6292

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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
ECU8
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15.25
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput400 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth425 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth425 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput53.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput53.125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,000
EBS max IOPS3,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer4.large
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r4.large

Compute and memory optimized

vs c4.largevs m4.large

Other generations

vs r3.largevs r5.large

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.