m1.medium
Amazon EC2 · M1 family
The m1.medium is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 3.75 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Family with moderate networking, starting at $0.087 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 1
- memory
- 3.75 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $0.087
- spot
- $0.034
- regions
- 9
dedicated
3.75 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$63.51/mo · us-east-1
−61% vs on-demand
across 5 areas
m1.medium 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 | $0.087 | $0.034 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America | $0.087 | $0.0263 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $0.095 | $0.0358 |
| US West (N. California)us-west-1North America | $0.095 | $0.0304 |
| AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America | $0.106 | – |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia | $0.117 | $0.0546 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania | $0.117 | $0.0482 |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America | $0.117 | $0.0334 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $0.122 | $0.0283 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 1
- Memory
- 3.75 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 3.75 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon Family
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 410 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 1 x 410 SSD
- Network
- Moderate
aws details
- API name
m1.medium- Family
- M1
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 9 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- US East (N. Virginia) · $0.087/hr
- ECU
- 2
- Enhanced networking
- No
- Normalization size factor
- 2
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- >20%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 73%
m1.medium equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs m1.medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | m1.medium | 1 | 3.75 GiB | Intel Xeon Family | $0.087 | – |
| Azure | F1ads v74 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0858 | -1% |
| F1as v74 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0683 | -21% | |
| Google Cloud | t2d-standard-14 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD Milan | $0.0422 | -51% |
| n4a-standard-14 GiB (1.07×) · Arm CPU | 1 | 4 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0385 | -56% | |
| Akamai | Dedicated 4GB2 vCPU (2×) · 4 GiB (1.07×) | 2 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.054 | -38% |
| G7 Dedicated 4x22 vCPU (2×) · 4 GiB (1.07×) | 2 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.0645 | -26% | |
| Vultr | voc-g-1c-4gb-30s-amd4 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.041 | -53% |
| voc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd2 GiB (1.9× less) | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.038 | -56% |
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m1.medium FAQ
How much does m1.medium cost?
m1.medium costs $0.087 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $63.51 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.087 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.122 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $0.034 per hour (61% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.149 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does m1.medium have?
m1.medium has 1 vCPUs and 3.75 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.medium on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, F1ads v7 (1 vCPU, 4 GiB, $0.0858/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, t2d-standard-1 (1 vCPU, 4 GiB, $0.0422/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Dedicated 4GB (2 vCPU, 4 GiB, $0.054/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, voc-g-1c-4gb-30s-amd (1 vCPU, 4 GiB, $0.041/hour in New Jersey).