x1.16xlarge

x1.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 976 GiB memory (High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $6.669 per hour on demand ($4,868.37 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.11 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $1.064 per hour. It is sold in 19 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$6.669$1.064$4.11$2.144$4.726$2.465
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$6.669$0.9464$4.11$2.144$4.726$2.465
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$6.669$1.24$4.11$2.144$4.726$2.465
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$6.881$0.9788$4.208$2.20$4.84$2.53
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$7.336$0.9655$4.52$2.359$5.198$2.713
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$8.003$2.043$4.932$2.573$5.672$2.958
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$8.003–$4.932$2.573$5.672$2.958
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$8.003–$4.932$2.573$5.672$2.958
EU (London) eu-west-2$8.403$0.9134$5.179$2.701$5.955$3.106
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$8.403$0.9014$5.178$2.701$5.955$3.106
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$9.337$1.514$5.754$3.001$6.617$3.452
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$9.524$1.125$5.869$3.061$6.749$3.52
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$9.671$0.9671$5.959$3.109$6.853$3.576
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$9.671$0.9671$5.959$3.109$6.853$3.576
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$9.671$0.9671$5.959$3.109$6.853$3.576
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$9.671$1.622$5.959$3.109$6.853$3.576
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$9.671$1.232$5.959$3.109$6.853$3.576
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$10.638$1.11$6.555$3.419$7.538$3.932
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$13.005$1.30$8.014$4.181$9.216$4.808
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$6.669$4.11$2.144
SUSE$6.769$4.143$2.177
Ubuntu Pro$6.781––
RHEL$7.36$4.801$2.835
Linux SQL Web$7.751$5.191$3.225
RHEL HA$8.256$5.697$3.731
RHEL SQL Web$8.442––
Windows$9.613$7.054$5.088
Windows SQL Web$10.94$8.136$6.17
Linux SQL Std$14.349$11.79$9.824
RHEL SQL Std$15.04––
RHEL HA SQL Std$15.936––
Windows SQL Std$17.293$14.734$12.768
Linux SQL Ent$30.669$28.11$26.144
RHEL SQL Ent$31.36––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$32.256––
Windows SQL Ent$33.613$31.054$29.088

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU174.5
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)976
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage1 x 1920 SSD
Local disks1 × 1,920 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth7,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth7,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput875 MB/s
EBS max throughput875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex1.16xlarge
Familyx1
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare x1.16xlarge

With or without local disk and networking

vs x1e.16xlarge

Other generations

vs x8i.16xlarge

Other x1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
x1.16xlarge64976$6.669
x1.32xlarge1281952$13.338

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