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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 $0.0257 $0.1860 us-east-2 of 12 $0.0128
z1d.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB 4 32 GiB $0.0775 $0.4500 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0194
z1d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB 8 64 GiB $0.1613 $0.9000 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0202
z1d.3xlarge12 vCPU, 96 GiB 12 96 GiB $0.1350 $1.350 ap-northeast-2 of 12 $0.0112
z1d.6xlarge24 vCPU, 192 GiB 24 192 GiB $0.2730 $2.532 us-west-1 of 12 $0.0114
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 $0.5279 $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
2286 measured on z1d, 2026-09-30: 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
4257
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3803 3801–3803
#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
3271 3243–3271
#30
i7i, r7iz
3115 3105–3115
#32
m7a, c7a, c7i, hpc7a, r7a
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
c7i-flex
2700
#40
m6a, m5zn, m7i-flex, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2596 2549–2596
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2303 2269–2303
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
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
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad, t3a
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

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, 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 $0.0257 $0.1860 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0266 $0.2250 88%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0318 $0.1960 84%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0449 $0.1860 76%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0472 $0.2270 79%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0479 $0.1860 74%
eu-west-2 London $0.0483 $0.2200 78%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0513 $0.2110 76%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0612 $0.2080 71%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0645 $0.2260 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0718 $0.2260 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0788 $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 $0.0775 $0.4500 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0850 $0.3720 77%
eu-west-2 London $0.0877 $0.4390 80%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0878 $0.3920 78%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1017 $0.3720 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1039 $0.3720 72%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1075 $0.4540 76%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1207 $0.4220 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1259 $0.4520 72%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1348 $0.4160 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1385 $0.4520 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1601 $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
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1613 $0.9000 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1656 $0.7440 78%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2099 $0.9080 77%
eu-west-2 London $0.2283 $0.8790 74%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2415 $0.8440 71%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2431 $0.7440 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2451 $0.7440 67%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2504 $0.7840 68%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2682 $0.9040 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2998 $0.9040 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.3145 $0.9000 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.3258 $0.8320 61%
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 $0.1831 $1.318 86%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2321 $1.116 79%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2412 $1.266 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2446 $1.362 82%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2926 $1.116 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3653 $1.176 69%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3750 $1.116 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.3898 $1.356 71%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4167 $1.350 69%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4272 $1.356 68%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4615 $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 $0.2730 $2.532 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2945 $2.700 89%
eu-west-2 London $0.3070 $2.636 88%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.3900 $2.232 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4088 $2.352 83%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.5128 $2.724 81%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.6599 $2.712 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6705 $2.232 70%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.7424 $2.700 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7601 $2.232 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.8335 $2.496 67%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.9325 $2.712 66%
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 $0.5455 $5.273 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5758 $5.400 89%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7795 $4.704 83%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8550 $5.424 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.9563 $4.464 79%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.019 $5.448 81%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.110 $5.424 80%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.147 $5.400 79%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.331 $4.992 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.507 $4.464 66%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.893 $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 $0.5279 $5.273 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5400 $5.400 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6402 $5.064 87%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7031 $4.464 84%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.7508 $5.424 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7562 $4.704 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7828 $4.464 82%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.9699 $5.424 82%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.197 $4.464 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.253 $4.992 75%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.303 $5.448 76%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.743 $5.400 68%
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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