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i2 EC2 instance family

Intel processor at 2.5 GHz, x86_64, 4 to 32 vCPUs, 30.5 to 244 GiB

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i2 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
i2.xlarge4 vCPU, 30.5 GiB 4 30.5 GiB $0.0853 $0.8530 us-east-2 of 11 $0.0213
i2.2xlarge8 vCPU, 61 GiB 8 61 GiB $0.1705 $1.705 us-east-2 of 11 $0.0213
i2.4xlarge16 vCPU, 122 GiB 16 122 GiB $0.3410 $3.410 us-east-2 of 11 $0.0213
i2.8xlarge32 vCPU, 244 GiB 32 244 GiB $0.6820 $6.820 us-east-2 of 11 $0.0213

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The I2 instance family, launched in December 2013, is designed for I/O intensive workloads. These storage-optimized instances feature Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge) processors. I2 instances come with local SSD storage, ranging from 800 GB to 6.4 TB, and offer Enhanced Networking for low latency and high packet per second performance within a VPC. They are a previous generation instance type and may not be the best choice for new applications.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

vCPUs
4 to 32
Memory
30.5 to 244 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor vendor
Intel
Sustained clock
2.5 GHz
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
i2.xlarge 4 30.5 GiB 800 GB SSD up to 2.8 (0.7 baseline) 0.5
i2.2xlarge 8 61 GiB 2 × 800 GB SSD up to 10 (1 baseline) 1
i2.4xlarge 16 122 GiB 4 × 800 GB SSD up to 10 (2 baseline) 2
i2.8xlarge 32 244 GiB 8 × 800 GB SSD 10 -

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

#1
4257
#3
3803 3801–3803
#30
3115 3105–3115
#32
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
2700
#40
2596 2549–2596
#48
2475 2469–2475
#54
2303 2269–2303
#70
2034 1995–2034
#73
1945 1896–1945
#90
m5d
1853
#91
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#97
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#103
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#106
1560 1525–1560
#116
1414 1388–1414
#121
1105 1094–1105

Not benchmarked yet 53

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

11 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

i2.xlarge4 vCPU, 30.5 GiB, 11 regions
i2.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0853 $0.8530 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1001 $1.001 90%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1108 $0.8530 87%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1202 $0.9380 87%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1210 $0.8530 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1406 $0.9670 85%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1530 $1.018 85%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1771 $1.018 83%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1774 $1.001 82%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1803 $1.013 82%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2246 $0.9380 76%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
i2.2xlarge8 vCPU, 61 GiB, 11 regions
i2.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1705 $1.705 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2001 $2.001 90%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2274 $1.705 87%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2431 $1.705 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2611 $1.933 86%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.3180 $2.035 84%
us-west-1 N. California $0.3370 $1.876 82%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.3543 $2.035 83%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.3586 $2.001 82%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.3626 $2.026 82%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4489 $1.876 76%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
i2.4xlarge16 vCPU, 122 GiB, 11 regions
i2.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.3410 $3.410 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.3791 $3.751 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4002 $4.002 90%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4228 $4.070 90%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4953 $3.410 85%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.5627 $3.867 85%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.6760 $4.070 83%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.7215 $4.051 82%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.7308 $3.751 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7398 $4.002 82%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7544 $3.410 78%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
i2.8xlarge32 vCPU, 244 GiB, 11 regions
i2.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6820 $6.820 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7502 $7.502 90%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7733 $7.733 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8004 $8.004 90%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.016 $6.820 85%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.094 $8.102 86%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.165 $6.820 83%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.202 $8.140 85%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.303 $8.140 84%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.459 $8.004 82%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.575 $7.502 79%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.