x2iezn.2xlarge

x2iezn.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8252). 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 $1.027 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4125 per hour. It is sold in 5 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$0.4125$1.027$0.5357$1.233$0.6426
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.668$0.3134$1.027$0.5357$1.233$0.6426
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.00$0.488$1.233$0.6437$1.48$0.7722
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$2.051$0.4939$1.265$0.6619$1.516$0.7914
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.418$0.2682$1.489$0.7776$1.787$0.9331
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.668$1.027$0.5357
Ubuntu Pro$1.682––
RHEL$1.783$1.142$0.6509
SUSE$1.793$1.087$0.5897
Linux SQL Web$1.803$1.162$0.6709
RHEL SQL Web$1.918––
RHEL HA$1.923$1.282$0.7909
Windows$2.036$1.395$0.9037
Windows SQL Web$2.171$1.53$1.039
Linux SQL Std$2.628$1.987$1.496
RHEL SQL Std$2.743––
RHEL HA SQL Std$2.883––
Windows SQL Std$2.996$2.355$1.864
Linux SQL Ent$4.668$4.027$3.536
RHEL SQL Ent$4.783––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$4.923––
Windows SQL Ent$5.036$4.395$3.904

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed4.5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS13,333
EBS max IOPS13,333
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex2iezn.2xlarge
Familyx2iezn
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Other x2iezn sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
x2iezn.2xlarge8256$1.668
x2iezn.4xlarge16512$3.336
x2iezn.6xlarge24768$5.004
x2iezn.8xlarge321024$6.672
x2iezn.12xlarge481536$10.008
x2iezn.metal481536$10.008

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