x1e.2xlarge

x1e.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 244 GiB memory (High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.668 per hour on demand ($1,217.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.028 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3313 per hour. It is sold in 16 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$1.668$0.3313$1.028$0.536$1.182$0.617
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.668$0.2114$1.028$0.536$1.182$0.617
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.668$0.2614$1.028$0.536$1.182$0.617
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.72$0.3855$1.052$0.55$1.21$0.633
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.834$0.413$1.13$0.589$1.299$0.677
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.00$0.4776$1.232$0.643$1.417$0.739
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$2.00–$1.232$0.643$1.416$0.739
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.00–$1.232$0.643$1.416$0.739
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.334$0.3992$1.438$0.75$1.654$0.863
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$2.38$0.238$1.466$0.765$1.687$0.88
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.418$0.2418$1.49$0.777$1.713$0.894
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$2.418$0.2418$1.49$0.777$1.713$0.894
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$2.418$0.2418$1.49$0.777$1.713$0.894
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.418$0.4029$1.49$0.777$1.713$0.894
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.418$0.5964$1.49$0.777$1.713$0.894
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.251$0.3251$2.004$1.045$2.304$1.201
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$1.668$1.028$0.536
Ubuntu Pro$1.682––
SUSE$1.768$1.061$0.569
RHEL$1.783$1.143$0.651
Linux SQL Web$1.803$1.163$0.671
RHEL SQL Web$1.918––
RHEL HA$1.923$1.283$0.791
Windows$2.036$1.396$0.904
Windows SQL Web$2.171$1.531$1.039
Linux SQL Std$2.628$1.988$1.496
RHEL SQL Std$2.743––
RHEL HA SQL Std$2.883––
Windows SQL Std$2.996$2.356$1.864
Linux SQL Ent$4.668$4.028$3.536
RHEL SQL Ent$4.783––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$4.923––
Windows SQL Ent$5.036$4.396$3.904

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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
BurstableNo
ECU23
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)244
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
Storage1 x 240 SSD
Local disks1 × 240 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS7,400
EBS max IOPS7,400
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex1e.2xlarge
Familyx1e
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Other x1e sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
x1e.xlarge4122$0.834
x1e.2xlarge8244$1.668
x1e.4xlarge16488$3.336
x1e.8xlarge32976$6.672
x1e.16xlarge641952$13.344
x1e.32xlarge1283904$26.688

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