x1e.4xlarge

x1e.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 488 GiB memory (High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.336 per hour on demand ($2,435.28 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.056 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.6561 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$3.336$0.6561$2.056$1.072$2.364$1.233
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.336$0.4462$2.056$1.072$2.364$1.233
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.336$0.6645$2.056$1.072$2.364$1.233
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$3.44$0.8889$2.104$1.10$2.419$1.265
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.667$0.5729$2.26$1.178$2.599$1.355
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.00$0.6892$2.465$1.286$2.835$1.479
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$4.00–$2.463$1.286$2.832$1.478
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.00–$2.463$1.286$2.832$1.478
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.668$0.7533$2.877$1.501$3.308$1.726
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$4.76$0.476$2.933$1.53$3.373$1.759
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$4.836$0.581$2.98$1.555$3.427$1.788
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$4.836$0.4836$2.98$1.555$3.427$1.788
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$4.836$0.4836$2.98$1.555$3.427$1.788
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.836$0.5051$2.98$1.555$3.427$1.788
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$4.836$0.7632$2.98$1.555$3.427$1.788
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$6.502$0.6502$4.007$2.089$4.608$2.402
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$3.336$2.056$1.072
Ubuntu Pro$3.364––
SUSE$3.436$2.089$1.105
RHEL$3.509$2.229$1.245
Linux SQL Web$3.606$2.326$1.343
RHEL HA$3.733$2.453$1.469
RHEL SQL Web$3.779––
Windows$4.072$2.792$1.808
Windows SQL Web$4.342$3.062$2.079
Linux SQL Std$5.256$3.976$2.992
RHEL SQL Std$5.429––
RHEL HA SQL Std$5.653––
Windows SQL Std$5.992$4.712$3.728
Linux SQL Ent$9.336$8.056$7.072
RHEL SQL Ent$9.509––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$9.733––
Windows SQL Ent$10.072$8.792$7.808

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
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
ECU47
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)488
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
Storage1 x 480 SSD
Local disks1 × 480 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput218.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput218.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS10,000
EBS max IOPS10,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex1e.4xlarge
Familyx1e
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
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.