m1.large

Amazon EC2 · M1 family

The m1.large is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 2 vCPUs and 7.5 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Family with moderate networking, starting at $0.175 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
2

dedicated

memory
7.5 GiB

3.75 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.175

$128/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.0689

−61% vs on-demand

regions
9

across 5 areas

Previous generation. AWS still sells m1.large, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar instance types below.

m1.large price by region

9 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.175$0.0689
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.175$0.0442
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.19$0.0721
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.19$0.0438
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.211–
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.233$0.0931
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.233$0.0727
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.233$0.0588
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.243$0.0508

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
2
Memory
7.5 GiB
Memory per vCPU
3.75 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Family
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
840 GB SSD (2 disks)
Storage detail
2 x 420 SSD
Network
Moderate

aws details

API name
m1.large
Family
M1
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.175/hr
ECU
4
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
4
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
>20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
71%

m1.large equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs m1.large
AWSm1.large27.5 GiBIntel Xeon Family$0.175–
AzureD2as v48 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-45%
D2a v48 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-45%
Google Cloude2-standard-28 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.067-62%
n2d-standard-28 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$0.0845-52%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 8x28 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.11-37%
Dedicated 4GB4 GiB (1.9× less)24 GiBAMD EPYC$0.054-69%
Vultrvx1-g-2c-8g-120s8 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.076-57%
voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd8 GiB (1.07×)28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.082-53%

M1 family sizes

all about M1→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
m1.small11.7 GiB160 GB SSD$0.044$32.12$0.0178
m1.medium13.75 GiB410 GB SSD$0.087$63.51$0.034
m1.large27.5 GiB840 GB SSD (2 disks)$0.175$128$0.0689
m1.xlarge415 GiB1.7 TB SSD (4 disks)$0.35$255$0.1384

Similar instance types on AWS

other AWS families with a similar shape, cheapest first

m1.large FAQ

How much does m1.large cost?

m1.large costs $0.175 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $128 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.175 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.243 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $0.0689 per hour (61% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.299 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m1.large have?

m1.large has 2 vCPUs and 7.5 GiB of memory (3.75 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Family. It is a general purpose instance type in the M1 family.

What are the equivalents of m1.large on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D2as v4 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.096/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.067/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-2c-8g-120s (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.076/hour in New Jersey).