Specifications for Amazon EC2 previous generation instances
AWS offers previous generation instance types for users who have optimized
their applications around them and have yet to upgrade. We encourage you to use
current generation instance types to get the best performance, but we continue
to support the following previous generation instance types.
Pricing
For pricing information, see Amazon EC2 On-Demand Pricing.
Instance families and instance types
| Instance family |
Available instance types |
| A1 |
a1.medium | a1.large | a1.xlarge | a1.2xlarge | a1.4xlarge | a1.metal |
| C1 |
c1.medium | c1.xlarge |
| C3 |
c3.large | c3.xlarge | c3.2xlarge | c3.4xlarge | c3.8xlarge |
| C4 |
c4.large | c4.xlarge | c4.2xlarge | c4.4xlarge | c4.8xlarge |
| G3 |
g3.4xlarge | g3.8xlarge | g3.16xlarge |
| I2 |
i2.xlarge | i2.2xlarge | i2.4xlarge | i2.8xlarge |
| M1 |
m1.small | m1.medium | m1.large | m1.xlarge |
| M2 |
m2.xlarge | m2.2xlarge | m2.4xlarge |
| M3 |
m3.medium | m3.large | m3.xlarge | m3.2xlarge |
| M4 |
m4.large | m4.xlarge | m4.2xlarge | m4.4xlarge | m4.10xlarge | m4.16xlarge |
| P3 |
p3.2xlarge | p3.8xlarge | p3.16xlarge |
| P3dn |
p3dn.24xlarge |
| R3 |
r3.large | r3.xlarge | r3.2xlarge | r3.4xlarge | r3.8xlarge |
| R4 |
r4.large | r4.xlarge | r4.2xlarge | r4.4xlarge | r4.8xlarge | r4.16xlarge |
| T1 |
t1.micro |
Instance family summary
| Instance family |
Hypervisor |
Processor type (architecture) |
Metal instances available |
Dedicated Hosts support |
Spot support |
Hibernation support |
Supported operating systems |
| A1 |
Nitro v2 |
AWS Graviton (arm64) |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Linux |
| C1 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| C3 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| C4 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| G3 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| I2 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| M1 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| M2 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| M3 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| M4 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| P3 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| P3dn |
Nitro v3 |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
| R3 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| R4 |
Xen |
Intel (x86_64) |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
✓ Yes |
Windows | Linux |
| T1 |
Xen |
Intel (i386) |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
Windows | Linux |
Performance specifications
| Instance type |
Memory (GiB) |
Processor |
vCPUs |
CPU cores |
Threads per core |
Accelerators |
Accelerator memory |
| A1 |
| a1.medium |
2.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| a1.large |
4.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
2 |
2 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| a1.xlarge |
8.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
4 |
4 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| a1.2xlarge |
16.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
8 |
8 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| a1.4xlarge |
32.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
16 |
16 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| a1.metal |
32.00 |
AWS Graviton Processor |
16 |
16 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| C1 |
| c1.medium |
1.70 |
Intel Xeon Family |
2 |
2 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c1.xlarge |
7.00 |
Intel Xeon Family |
8 |
8 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| C3 |
| c3.large |
3.75 |
Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c3.xlarge |
7.50 |
Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c3.2xlarge |
15.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c3.4xlarge |
30.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c3.8xlarge |
60.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| C4 |
| c4.large |
3.75 |
Intel Xeon E5-2666v3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c4.xlarge |
7.50 |
Intel Xeon E5-2666v3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c4.2xlarge |
15.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2666v3 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c4.4xlarge |
30.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2666v3 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| c4.8xlarge |
60.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2666v3 |
36 |
18 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| G3 |
| g3.4xlarge |
122.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
1 x NVIDIA M60 GPU |
8 GiB (1 x 8 GiB) |
| g3.8xlarge |
244.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
2 x NVIDIA M60 GPU |
16 GiB (2 x 8 GiB) |
| g3.16xlarge |
488.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
64 |
32 |
2 |
4 x NVIDIA M60 GPU |
32 GiB (4 x 8 GiB) |
| I2 |
| i2.xlarge |
30.50 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| i2.2xlarge |
61.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| i2.4xlarge |
122.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| i2.8xlarge |
244.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| M1 |
| m1.small |
1.70 |
Intel Xeon Family |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m1.medium |
3.70 |
Intel Xeon Family |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m1.large |
7.50 |
Intel Xeon Family |
2 |
2 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m1.xlarge |
15.00 |
Intel Xeon Family |
4 |
4 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| M2 |
| m2.xlarge |
17.10 |
Intel Xeon Family |
2 |
2 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m2.2xlarge |
34.20 |
Intel Xeon Family |
4 |
4 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m2.4xlarge |
68.40 |
Intel Xeon Family |
8 |
8 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| M3 |
| m3.medium |
3.75 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m3.large |
7.50 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m3.xlarge |
15.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m3.2xlarge |
30.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| M4 |
| m4.large |
8.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2676v3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m4.xlarge |
16.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2676v3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m4.2xlarge |
32.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2676v3 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m4.4xlarge |
64.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2676v3 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m4.10xlarge |
160.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2676v3 |
40 |
20 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| m4.16xlarge |
256.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686v4 |
64 |
32 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| P3 |
| p3.2xlarge |
61.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 x NVIDIA V100 GPU |
16 GiB (1 x 16 GiB) |
| p3.8xlarge |
244.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
4 x NVIDIA V100 GPU |
64 GiB (4 x 16 GiB) |
| p3.16xlarge |
488.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 |
64 |
32 |
2 |
8 x NVIDIA V100 GPU |
128 GiB (8 x 16 GiB) |
| P3dn |
| p3dn.24xlarge |
768.00 |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 |
96 |
48 |
2 |
8 x NVIDIA V100 GPU |
256 GiB (8 x 32 GiB) |
| R3 |
| r3.large |
15.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r3.xlarge |
30.50 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r3.2xlarge |
61.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r3.4xlarge |
122.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r3.8xlarge |
244.00 |
Intel Xeon E5-2670v2 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| R4 |
| r4.large |
15.25 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r4.xlarge |
30.50 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r4.2xlarge |
61.00 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r4.4xlarge |
122.00 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r4.8xlarge |
244.00 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
32 |
16 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| r4.16xlarge |
488.00 |
Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 |
64 |
32 |
2 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
| T1 |
| t1.micro |
0.61 |
Intel E5-2650 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
✗ No |
✗ No |
Network specifications
| Instance type |
Baseline / Burst bandwidth (Gbps) |
EFA |
ENA |
ENA Express |
ENA queues per interface (Default/Maximum) |
Network cards |
Max. network interfaces |
IP addresses per interface |
IPv6 |
| A1 |
| a1.medium 1 3 |
0.5 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
✓ Yes |
| a1.large 1 3 |
0.75 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
✓ Yes |
| a1.xlarge 1 3 |
1.25 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| a1.2xlarge 1 3 |
2.5 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| a1.4xlarge 1 3 |
5.0 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| a1.metal 1 3 |
5.0 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| C1 |
| c1.medium 3 |
Moderate |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✗ No |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
✗ No |
| c1.xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No |
✗ No |
4 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✗ No |
| C3 |
| c3.large 3 |
Moderate |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
✓ Yes |
| c3.xlarge 3 |
Moderate |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| c3.2xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| c3.4xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| c3.8xlarge 3 |
10 Gigabit |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| C4 |
| c4.large 3 |
Moderate |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
✓ Yes |
| c4.xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| c4.2xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| c4.4xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| c4.8xlarge 3 |
10 Gigabit |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| G3 |
| g3.4xlarge 1 |
5.0 / 10.0 |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
— |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| g3.8xlarge |
10 Gigabit |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
— |
1 |
8 |
30 |
✓ Yes |
| g3.16xlarge |
25 Gigabit |
✗ No |
✓ Yes |
✗ No |
— |
1 |
15 |
50 |
✓ Yes |
| I2 |
| i2.xlarge 3 |
Moderate |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
✓ Yes |
| i2.2xlarge 3 |
High |
✗ No |
✗ No 2 |
✗ No |
8 |