m3.medium
Amazon EC2 · M3 family
The m3.medium is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 3.75 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) with moderate networking, starting at $0.067 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 1
- memory
- 3.75 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $0.067
- spot
- $0.0279
- regions
- 11
dedicated
3.75 GiB per vCPU
2.5 GHz
$48.91/mo · us-east-1
−58% vs on-demand
across 5 areas
m3.medium 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 | $0.067 | $0.0279 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America | $0.067 | $0.0207 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $0.073 | $0.0293 |
| US West (N. California)us-west-1North America | $0.077 | $0.0234 |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe | $0.079 | $0.0308 |
| AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America | $0.084 | – |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia | $0.091 | – |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania | $0.093 | $0.0255 |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America | $0.095 | $0.0098 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $0.096 | $0.0274 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia | $0.098 | $0.038 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 1
- Memory
- 3.75 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
- 4 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 1 x 4 SSD
- Network
- Moderate
aws details
- API name
m3.medium- Family
- M3
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 11 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- US East (N. Virginia) · $0.067/hr
- ECU
- 3
- Enhanced networking
- No
- Normalization size factor
- 2
- Processor features
- Intel AVX; Intel Turbo
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- <5%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 72%
m3.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 m3.medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | m3.medium | 1 | 3.75 GiB | Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) | $0.067 | – |
| Azure | F1ads v74 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0858 | +28% |
| F1as v74 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0683 | +2% | |
| Google Cloud | t2d-standard-14 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD Milan | $0.0422 | -37% |
| n4a-standard-14 GiB (1.07×) · Arm CPU | 1 | 4 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0385 | -43% | |
| Akamai | Dedicated 4GB2 vCPU (2×) · 4 GiB (1.07×) | 2 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.054 | -19% |
| G7 Dedicated 4x22 vCPU (2×) · 4 GiB (1.07×) | 2 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.0645 | -4% | |
| Vultr | voc-g-1c-4gb-30s-amd4 GiB (1.07×) | 1 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.041 | -39% |
| voc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd2 GiB (1.9× less) | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.038 | -43% |
M3 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m3.medium | 1 | 3.75 GiB | 4 GB SSD | $0.067 | $48.91 | $0.0279 |
| m3.large | 2 | 7.5 GiB | 32 GB SSD | $0.133 | $97.09 | $0.0523 |
| m3.xlarge | 4 | 15 GiB | 80 GB SSD (2 disks) | $0.266 | $194 | $0.1184 |
| m3.2xlarge | 8 | 30 GiB | 160 GB SSD (2 disks) | $0.532 | $388 | $0.2341 |
Similar instance types on AWS
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m3.medium FAQ
How much does m3.medium cost?
m3.medium costs $0.067 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $48.91 per month. Across 11 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.067 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.098 in Asia Pacific (Singapore). Spot capacity costs $0.0279 per hour (58% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.13 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does m3.medium have?
m3.medium has 1 vCPUs and 3.75 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.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).