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z1d EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8151 at 4 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 48 vCPUs, 16 to 384 GiB

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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z1d prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
z1d.large2 vCPU, 16 GiB 2 16 GiB $0.0252 $0.1860 us-east-2 of 12 $0.0126
z1d.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB 4 32 GiB $0.0646 $0.4500 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0162
z1d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB 8 64 GiB $0.1603 $0.7440 us-east-2 of 12 $0.0200
z1d.3xlarge12 vCPU, 96 GiB 12 96 GiB $0.1350 $1.350 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0113
z1d.6xlarge24 vCPU, 192 GiB 24 192 GiB $0.2939 $2.532 us-west-1 of 12 $0.0122
z1d.12xlarge48 vCPU, 384 GiB 48 384 GiB $0.5064 $5.064 us-west-1 of 12 $0.0105
z1d.metal48 vCPU, 384 GiB 48 384 GiB $0.5274 $5.273 eu-west-2 of 12 $0.0110

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 Z1D instance family, generally available since July 2018, features a custom Intel Xeon Platinum 8151 processor with a sustained all-core frequency up to 4.0 GHz, offering the highest single-thread performance in the cloud. These memory-optimized instances provide up to 384 GiB of RAM, up to 1.8 TB of local NVMe SSD instance storage, and up to 25 Gbps of network bandwidth. Built on the AWS Nitro System, Z1D is ideal for electronic design automation (EDA) and high per-core licensed relational databases.

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

Instance Types
z1d.large z1d.xlarge z1d.2xlarge z1d.3xlarge z1d.6xlarge z1d.12xlarge z1d.metal
vCPUs
2 to 48
Memory
16 to 384 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8151
Sustained clock
4 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
2295 measured on z1d, 2026-10-10: the median of its types in runs-on.com benchmarks
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
z1d.large 2 16 GiB 75 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 3.17 (0.8 baseline)
z1d.xlarge 4 32 GiB 150 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 3.17 (1.58 baseline)
z1d.2xlarge 8 64 GiB 300 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (2.5 baseline) 3.17
z1d.3xlarge 12 96 GiB 450 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (5 baseline) 4.75
z1d.6xlarge 24 192 GiB 900 GB NVMe SSD 12 9.5
z1d.12xlarge 48 384 GiB 2 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 25 19
z1d.metal 48 384 GiB 2 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 25 19

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.

Ranked by PassMark single-thread score
All x86_64 arm64
#1
m8azn, x8aedz
4260
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3806 3803–3806
#7
m8i, m8ib, m8id, m8in, m8idb, m8idn, m8ine, m8i-flex, c8i, c8i-flex, c8ib, c8id, c8in, c8ine, r8i, r8i-flex, r8ib, r8id, r8idb, r8idn, r8in, t8i, x8i
3267 3238–3267
#30
i7i, r7iz
3126 3112–3126
#32
c7i, r7i
2978 2899–2978
#34
m7a, c7a, hpc7a, r7a
2878 2868–2878
#38
m7i, m7i-flex, c7i-flex
2771 2699–2771
#41
m6a, m5zn, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2604 2559–2604
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2298 2269–2298
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1757–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad
1415 1403–1415
#91
t3a
1333

Not benchmarked yet 45

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

c1, d2, d3, d3en, dl2q, f2, g4dn, g5, g6, g6e, g6f, g7, g7e, gr6, gr6f, h1, i2, inf1, inf2, m1, m2, m3, mac1, p3dn, p4d, p4de, p5, p5en, p6-b200, p6-b300, t1, trn1, trn1n, trn2, u-3tb1, u-6tb1, u7i-12tb, u7i-6tb, u7i-8tb, u7in-16tb, u7in-24tb, u7in-32tb, vt1, x1, x1e

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.

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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).

z1d.large2 vCPU, 16 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0252 $0.1860 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0265 $0.2250 88%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0316 $0.1960 84%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0390 $0.2110 82%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0406 $0.1860 78%
eu-west-2 London $0.0417 $0.2200 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0440 $0.1860 76%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0474 $0.2270 79%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0531 $0.2260 76%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0611 $0.2260 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0703 $0.2080 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0781 $0.2250 65%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0646 $0.4500 86%
eu-west-2 London $0.0768 $0.4390 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0802 $0.3720 78%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0806 $0.3920 79%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1020 $0.3720 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1022 $0.4540 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1063 $0.3720 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1136 $0.4520 75%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1144 $0.4220 73%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1389 $0.4520 69%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1484 $0.4160 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1640 $0.4500 64%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1603 $0.7440 78%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1607 $0.9000 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2003 $0.9080 78%
eu-west-2 London $0.2219 $0.8790 75%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2239 $0.8440 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2309 $0.7440 69%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2399 $0.7840 69%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2405 $0.7440 68%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2763 $0.9040 69%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2965 $0.8320 64%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.3051 $0.9040 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.3109 $0.9000 65%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.3xlarge12 vCPU, 96 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.3xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1350 $1.350 90%
eu-west-2 London $0.1821 $1.318 86%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2449 $1.362 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2613 $1.116 77%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2927 $1.266 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2932 $1.116 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3000 $1.176 74%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.3446 $1.356 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3612 $1.116 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4111 $1.350 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4162 $1.356 69%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4600 $1.248 63%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.6xlarge24 vCPU, 192 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.6xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-west-1 N. California $0.2939 $2.532 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2956 $2.700 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4129 $2.232 82%
eu-west-2 London $0.4194 $2.636 84%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4652 $2.352 80%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.5042 $2.712 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.5066 $2.724 81%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.7019 $2.232 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.7130 $2.700 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7194 $2.232 68%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.8451 $2.496 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8901 $2.712 67%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.12xlarge48 vCPU, 384 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-west-1 N. California $0.5064 $5.064 90%
eu-west-2 London $0.7103 $5.273 87%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.7558 $5.400 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7914 $4.704 83%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.9296 $5.424 83%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.016 $5.448 81%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.019 $4.464 77%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.074 $5.400 80%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.153 $5.424 79%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.365 $4.992 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.451 $4.464 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.871 $4.464 58%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
z1d.metal48 vCPU, 384 GiB, 12 regions
z1d.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-west-2 London $0.5274 $5.273 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5400 $5.400 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.5963 $5.064 88%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7187 $4.464 84%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8327 $4.704 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8440 $4.464 81%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9234 $5.424 83%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.207 $4.464 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.264 $5.448 77%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.284 $4.992 74%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.347 $5.424 75%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.770 $5.400 67%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
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