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r3 EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 at 2.5 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 32 vCPUs, 15 to 244 GiB

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r3 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
r3.large2 vCPU, 15 GiB 2 15 GiB $0.0251 $0.1660 us-east-2 of 12 $0.0126
r3.xlarge4 vCPU, 30.5 GiB 4 30.5 GiB $0.0588 $0.3990 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0147
r3.2xlarge8 vCPU, 61 GiB 8 61 GiB $0.1269 $0.6640 us-east-2 of 12 $0.0159
r3.4xlarge16 vCPU, 122 GiB 16 122 GiB $0.1987 $1.482 us-west-1 of 12 $0.0124
r3.8xlarge32 vCPU, 244 GiB 32 244 GiB $0.5597 $5.597 sa-east-1 of 12 $0.0175

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 R3 instance family, generally available since April 2014, is a memory-optimized generation featuring Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 "Ivy Bridge" processors clocked at 2.5 GHz. These instances utilize SSD-backed instance storage and support Enhanced Networking, which provides lower latency and higher packet-per-second performance. The largest r3.8xlarge instance offers 10 Gigabit networking and up to 244 GiB of memory across its two SSD volumes. R3 instances are best suited for memory-intensive workloads like in-memory analytics and high-performance databases.

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

vCPUs
2 to 32
Memory
15 to 244 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Sustained clock
2.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1525 measured on r3, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
r3.large 2 15 GiB 32 GB SSD up to 1.2 (0.5 baseline) -
r3.xlarge 4 30.5 GiB 80 GB SSD up to 2.8 (0.7 baseline) 0.5
r3.2xlarge 8 61 GiB 160 GB SSD up to 10 (1 baseline) 1
r3.4xlarge 16 122 GiB 320 GB SSD up to 10 (2 baseline) 2
r3.8xlarge 32 244 GiB 2 × 320 GB SSD up to 10 (5 baseline) -

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
2303 2269–2303
#64
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

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

12 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).

r3.large2 vCPU, 15 GiB, 12 regions
r3.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0251 $0.1660 85%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0324 $0.2000 84%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0377 $0.3500 89%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0394 $0.1900 79%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0476 $0.1850 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0477 $0.1660 71%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0491 $0.2000 75%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0491 $0.2000 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0507 $0.1660 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0657 $0.2000 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0731 $0.1850 60%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0828 $0.2000 59%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r3.xlarge4 vCPU, 30.5 GiB, 12 regions
r3.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0588 $0.3990 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0722 $0.3320 78%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0738 $0.7000 89%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0890 $0.3330 73%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0965 $0.3790 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1008 $0.3330 70%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1015 $0.3990 75%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1224 $0.3990 69%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1272 $0.3710 66%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1295 $0.3710 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1396 $0.4000 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1511 $0.3990 62%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r3.2xlarge8 vCPU, 61 GiB, 12 regions
r3.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1269 $0.6640 81%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1399 $1.399 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1455 $0.7980 82%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1624 $0.7410 78%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1828 $0.6650 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2037 $0.7980 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2047 $0.7580 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2267 $0.6650 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2559 $0.7980 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2697 $0.7980 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2710 $0.7410 63%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2727 $0.8000 66%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r3.4xlarge16 vCPU, 122 GiB, 12 regions
r3.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-west-1 N. California $0.1987 $1.482 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2799 $2.799 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2978 $1.328 78%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3105 $1.330 77%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.3215 $1.596 80%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3450 $1.516 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4742 $1.330 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4805 $1.596 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4912 $1.596 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.5313 $1.600 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.5366 $1.482 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.5649 $1.596 65%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r3.8xlarge32 vCPU, 244 GiB, 12 regions
r3.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.5597 $5.597 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6017 $2.656 77%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.6397 $3.192 80%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6711 $3.032 78%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7308 $3.192 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7540 $2.660 72%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7545 $2.964 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8465 $2.660 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8721 $3.192 73%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8726 $3.201 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.050 $2.964 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.255 $3.192 61%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.