m1.small

Amazon EC2 · M1 family

The m1.small is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 1.7 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Family with low networking, starting at $0.044 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
1

dedicated

memory
1.7 GiB

1.7 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.044

$32.12/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.0178

−60% vs on-demand

regions
9

across 5 areas

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

m1.small 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$0.044$0.0178
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.044$0.0132
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.047$0.0166
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.047$0.0156
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.053–
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.058$0.0277
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.058$0.0203
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.058$0.0157
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.061$0.0257

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
1
Memory
1.7 GiB
Memory per vCPU
1.7 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Family
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
160 GB SSD
Storage detail
1 x 160 SSD
Network
Low

aws details

API name
m1.small
Family
M1
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.044/hr
ECU
1
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
1
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
>20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
73%

m1.small 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.small
AWSm1.small11.7 GiBIntel Xeon Family$0.044–
AzureF1alds v72 GiB (1.18×)12 GiBAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)$0.0715+63%
F1als v72 GiB (1.18×)12 GiBAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)$0.0605+38%
Google Cloudn4a-highcpu-12 GiB (1.18×) · Arm CPU12 GiBGoogle Axion$0.0325-26%
c4a-highcpu-12 GiB (1.18×) · Arm CPU12 GiBGoogle Axion$0.0379-14%
AkamaiLinode 2GB2 GiB (1.18×) · burstable CPU12 GiBAMD EPYC$0.018-59%
Nanode 1GB1 GiB (1.7× less) · burstable CPU11 GiBAMD EPYC$0.0075-83%
Vultrvoc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd2 GiB (1.18×)12 GiBAMD EPYC$0.038-14%
vc2-1c-2gb2 GiB (1.18×) · burstable CPU12 GiBIntel Xeon$0.014-68%

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.small FAQ

How much does m1.small cost?

m1.small costs $0.044 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $32.12 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.044 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.061 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $0.0178 per hour (60% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.075 per hour.

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

m1.small has 1 vCPUs and 1.7 GiB of memory (1.7 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.small on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, F1alds v7 (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.0715/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n4a-highcpu-1 (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.0325/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 2GB (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.018/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, voc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.038/hour in New Jersey).