r4.xlarge

r4.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.266 per hour on demand ($194.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.168 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0804 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$0.266$0.0804$0.168$0.1145$0.1932$0.1317
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.266$0.0759$0.168$0.1145$0.1932$0.1317
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.266$0.0908$0.168$0.1145$0.1932$0.1317
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.274$0.0871$0.1722$0.1188$0.1981$0.1366
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.292$0.1089$0.1848$0.1253$0.2125$0.1441
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2964$0.1078$0.1869$0.1274$0.2149$0.1466
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.2964$0.0978$0.1869$0.1274$0.2149$0.1466
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.312$0.1046$0.1974$0.1339$0.227$0.154
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.312$0.1368$0.197$0.1355$0.2266$0.1558
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.3192$0.1116$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.3192–$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.32$0.104$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.32$0.1136$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.32$0.0868$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.32$0.1161$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.3201$0.1409$0.2016$0.1382$0.2318$0.159
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.56$0.0687$0.3528$0.2419$0.4057$0.2782
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$0.266$0.168$0.1145
Ubuntu Pro$0.273––
RHEL$0.3236$0.2256$0.1721
Linux SQL Web$0.3336$0.2356$0.1821
SUSE$0.366$0.201$0.1475
RHEL SQL Web$0.3912––
RHEL HA$0.3936$0.2956$0.2421
Windows$0.45$0.352$0.2985
Windows SQL Web$0.521$0.423$0.3695
Linux SQL Std$0.746$0.648$0.5945
RHEL SQL Std$0.8036––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8736––
Windows SQL Std$0.93$0.832$0.7785
Linux SQL Ent$1.766$1.668$1.615
RHEL SQL Ent$1.824––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.894––
Windows SQL Ent$1.95$1.852$1.798

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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
ECU16
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)30.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline1.25 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 throughput800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth850 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput106.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS6,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer4.xlarge
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r4.xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

vs c4.xlargevs m4.xlarge

Other generations

vs r3.xlargevs r5.xlarge

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.