Amazon EC2 Instance Type a1.2xlarge

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type a1.2xlarge with 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB memory. Available in 9 Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations.

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Amazon EC2 Instance Type a1.2xlarge

Technical facts about the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type a1.2xlarge.

Instance Type a1.2xlarge
Instance Family and Generation A1
Instance Family Name General purpose
Current Generation no
Bare Metal no
Supported Usage Classes on-demand, spot
Supported Virtualization Types hvm
Hypervisor nitro
CPU Manufacturer AWS
CPU Platform AWS Graviton Processor
Architectures arm64
Clock Speed 2.3
vCPUs 8
Cores 8
Threads per Core 1
Burstable Performance Supported no
Memory Size 16
Network Performance Up to 10 Gigabit
Maximum Network Interfaces 4
Maximum Network Cards 1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface 15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface 15
IPv6 Supported yes
Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) Supported required
ENA Express powered by AWS Scalable Reliable Datagram (SRD) Supported no
Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) Supported no
Network Encryption in Transit Supported no
Storage EBS only
Supported Root Device Types ebs
Instance Store Supported no
Instance Store Total Size -
Instance Store NVME Support no
Instance Store Encryption Support no
EBS Optimized Support default
EBS Optimized Baseline Bandwidth in Mbps 1750
EBS Optimized Maximum Bandwidth in Mbps 3500
EBS Optimized Baseline Throughput in MBps 218.75
EBS Optimized Maximum Throughput in MBps 437.5
EBS Optimized Baseline IOPS 10000
EBS Optimized Maximum IOPS 20000
EBS Encryption Support supported
EBS NVME Support required
GPU Manufacturer -
GPU Name -
GPUs -
GPU Total Memory -
Placement Group Supported Strategies cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation Supported no
Dedicated Hosts Supported yes
Auto Recovery Supported yes
Supported Boot Modes uefi
Nitro Enclaves Support unsupported
Nitro TPM Support unsupported
SAP Supported no
SAP HANA Supported no
SAP Standard Benchmark (SAPS) -

Costs (Pricing) for a1.2xlarge

Cost and pricing across all AWS locations for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type a1.2xlarge with free operating system.

Price per Hour

Min. Avg. Max.
On-Demand 0.204 0.2264 0.2664
Spot Instance 0.0731 0.1254 0.2664

Price per Month

Min. Avg. Max.
On-Demand Instance 148.92 165.27 194.47
Spot Instance 53.36 91.52 194.47
Reserved Instance one-year term no upfront 93.81 104.12 122.49
Reserved Instance one-year term partial upfront 89.34 99.15 116.66
Reserved Instance one-year term all upfront 87.58 97.19 114.33
Reserved Instance three-year term no upfront 64.31 71.39 84.02
Reserved Instance three-year term partial upfront 59.56 66.11 77.8
Reserved Instance three-year term all upfront 56 62.15 73.11
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term no upfront 107.89 126.8 155.78
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term partial upfront 102.81 120.78 148.33
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term all upfront 100.67 118.33 145.33
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term no upfront 73.95 89.62 113.52
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term partial upfront 68.49 82.98 105.12
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term all upfront 67.14 81.33 103

Price per Location

Costs and pricing for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type a1.2xlarge in AWS locations in which the instance type is available.

Location Costs per Hour Costs per Month
Code Name Continent Type On-Demand Spot On-Demand Spot 1Y RI (No) 1Y RI (All) 3Y RI (No) 3Y RI (All)
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Asia Pacific Region 0.204 0.204 148.92 148.92 93.81 87.58 64.31 56
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) North America Region 0.204 0.1006 148.92 73.44 93.81 87.58 64.31 56
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) North America Region 0.204 0.0998 148.92 72.85 93.81 87.58 64.31 56
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) North America Region 0.204 0.0731 148.92 53.36 93.81 87.58 64.31 56
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland) Europe Region 0.2304 0.1002 168.19 73.15 106 98.92 72.64 63.25
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt) Europe Region 0.2328 0.0876 169.94 63.95 107.09 99.92 73.44 63.89
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore) Asia Pacific Region 0.2352 0.103 171.7 75.19 108.19 100.92 74.17 64.56
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Asia Pacific Region 0.2568 0.0936 187.46 68.33 118.11 110.25 80.96 70.5
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney) Asia Pacific Region 0.2664 0.2664 194.47 194.47 122.49 114.33 84.02 73.11