m3.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M3 family

The m3.2xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 30 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) with high networking, starting at $0.532 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
30 GiB

3.75 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

2.5 GHz

on-demand
$0.532

$388/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.2341

−56% vs on-demand

regions
11

across 5 areas

Previous generation. AWS still sells m3.2xlarge, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar instance types below.

m3.2xlarge price by region

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

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.532$0.2341
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.532$0.2032
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.585$0.2509
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.616$0.1552
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.632$0.259
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.672–
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.732–
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.745$0.2289
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.761$0.2275
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.77$0.2065
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.784$0.2329

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
30 GiB
Memory per vCPU
3.75 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.5 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
160 GB SSD (2 disks)
Storage detail
2 x 80 SSD
Network
High

aws details

API name
m3.2xlarge
Family
M3
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
11 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.532/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
1000 Mbps
ECU
26
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
<5%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
55%

m3.2xlarge 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 m3.2xlarge
AWSm3.2xlarge830 GiBIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)$0.532–
AzureD8as v432 GiB (1.07×)832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-28%
D8a v432 GiB (1.07×)832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-28%
Google Cloudc4-standard-8-lssd830 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.4775-10%
c4n-standard-8-lssd830 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids$0.6736+27%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (1.07×)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-21%
Linode 32GB32 GiB (1.07×) · burstable CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-46%
Vultrvbm-4c-32gb32 GiB (1.07×)832 GiBIntel Xeon E3-1270$0.164-69%
vx1-g-8c-32g-480s32 GiB (1.07×)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.306-42%

M3 family sizes

all about M3→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
m3.medium13.75 GiB4 GB SSD$0.067$48.91$0.0279
m3.large27.5 GiB32 GB SSD$0.133$97.09$0.0523
m3.xlarge415 GiB80 GB SSD (2 disks)$0.266$194$0.1184
m3.2xlarge830 GiB160 GB SSD (2 disks)$0.532$388$0.2341

Similar instance types on AWS

other AWS families with a similar shape, cheapest first

m3.2xlarge FAQ

How much does m3.2xlarge cost?

m3.2xlarge costs $0.532 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $388 per month. Across 11 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.532 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.784 in Asia Pacific (Singapore). Spot capacity costs $0.2341 per hour (56% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $1.036 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m3.2xlarge have?

m3.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 30 GiB of memory (3.75 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge). It is a general purpose instance type in the M3 family.

What are the equivalents of m3.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D8as v4 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.384/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c4-standard-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 30 GiB, $0.4775/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 32x8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.42/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vbm-4c-32gb (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.164/hour in New Jersey).