m2.4xlarge

    $0.9800/hr

    ~$715.40/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The m2.4xlarge is a General purpose instance with 8 vCPUs and 68.4 GiB of memory with up to 1 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.980 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.5110/hr
    ~$373.03/mo
    Save 48%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2940/hr
    ~$214.62/mo
    Save 70%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.4440/hr
    ~$324.12/mo
    Save 55%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2550/hr
    ~$186.15/mo
    Save 74%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.4440/hr
    ~$324.12/mo
    Save 55%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1d
    $0.3245/hr
    ~$236.89/mo
    Save 64% vs On-Demand
    >20%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.3217
    Avg
    $0.4434
    Max
    $0.5282
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1d$0.3245/hr
    us-east-1a$0.4980/hr
    us-east-1b$0.3430/hr
    us-east-1b$0.4430/hr
    us-east-1c$0.4980/hr
    us-east-1c$0.3416/hr
    us-east-1c$0.4416/hr
    us-east-1a$0.5282/hr
    us-east-1d$0.4245/hr
    us-east-1d$0.4445/hr
    us-east-1c$0.4616/hr
    us-east-1b$0.4630/hr
    us-east-1b$0.4980/hr
    us-east-1d$0.4980/hr
    us-east-1a$0.5082/hr
    us-east-1a$0.4082/hr

    m2 Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    xlarge217.1
    2xlarge434.2
    4xlarge868.4

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for m2.4xlarge

    Processor

    ManufacturerIntel
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs8
    Memory68.4 GiB
    Memory per vCPU8.55 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceHigh
    Bandwidth1 Gbps
    Max Interfaces8
    IPv4 per Interface30
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    Instance Storage1680 GB
    Storage Typehdd
    NVMe Drive
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps (125.00 MB/s)
    Max IOPS8,000
    Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps (125.00 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS8,000

    Capabilities

    FamilyM2
    GenerationPrevious
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs, instance-store
    Virtualizationhvm, paravirtual

    Regional Pricing Comparison

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