m3.xlarge

    $0.3080/hr

    ~$224.84/month on-demand in us-west-1

    The m3.xlarge is a General purpose instance with 4 vCPUs and 15 GiB of memory with up to 1 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.308 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 16, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2620/hr
    ~$191.26/mo
    Save 15%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2090/hr
    ~$152.57/mo
    Save 32%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2320/hr
    ~$169.36/mo
    Save 25%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2320/hr
    ~$169.36/mo
    Save 25%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.2090/hr
    ~$152.57/mo
    Save 32%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-west-1a
    $0.2999/hr
    ~$218.93/mo
    Save 47% vs On-Demand
    15-20%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.1026
    Avg
    $0.1918
    Max
    $0.2999
    All Availability Zones
    us-west-1a$0.2999/hr
    us-west-1a$0.1616/hr
    us-west-1a$0.2036/hr
    us-west-1a$0.1036/hr
    us-west-1c$0.2998/hr
    us-west-1c$0.1612/hr
    us-west-1c$0.2032/hr
    us-west-1c$0.1032/hr

    m3 Family

    Switch between sizes in us-west-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large27.5
    xlarge415
    2xlarge830
    medium13.75

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for m3.xlarge

    Processor

    ManufacturerIntel
    Clock Speed2.5 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.5 GHz
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs4
    Memory15 GiB
    Memory per vCPU3.75 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceHigh
    Bandwidth1 Gbps
    Max Interfaces4
    IPv4 per Interface15
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    Instance Storage80 GB
    Storage Typessd
    NVMe Drive
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth500 Mbps (62.50 MB/s)
    Max IOPS4,000
    Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps (62.50 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS4,000

    Capabilities

    FamilyM3
    GenerationPrevious
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs, instance-store
    Virtualizationhvm, paravirtual

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