Amazon EC2 Instance Type m2.xlarge

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type m2.xlarge with 2 vCPUs and 17.1 GiB memory. Available in 9 Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations.

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Amazon EC2 Instance Type m2.xlarge

Technical facts about the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type m2.xlarge.

Instance Type m2.xlarge
Instance Family and Generation M2
Instance Family Name Memory optimized
Current Generation no
Bare Metal no
Supported Usage Classes on-demand, spot
Supported Virtualization Types hvm, paravirtual
Hypervisor xen
CPU Manufacturer Intel
CPU Platform Intel Xeon Family
Architectures x86_64
Clock Speed ?
vCPUs 2
Cores 2
Threads per Core 1
Burstable Performance Supported no
Memory Size 17.1
Network Performance Moderate
Maximum Network Interfaces 4
Maximum Network Cards 1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface 15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface 0
IPv6 Supported no
Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) Supported unsupported
ENA Express powered by AWS Scalable Reliable Datagram (SRD) Supported no
Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) Supported no
Network Encryption in Transit Supported no
Storage 1 x 420 SSD
Supported Root Device Types ebs, instance-store
Instance Store Supported yes
Instance Store Total Size 420
Instance Store NVME Support unsupported
Instance Store Encryption Support unsupported
EBS Optimized Support unsupported
EBS Optimized Baseline Bandwidth in Mbps -
EBS Optimized Maximum Bandwidth in Mbps -
EBS Optimized Baseline Throughput in MBps -
EBS Optimized Maximum Throughput in MBps -
EBS Optimized Baseline IOPS -
EBS Optimized Maximum IOPS -
EBS Encryption Support supported
EBS NVME Support unsupported
GPU Manufacturer -
GPU Name -
GPUs -
GPU Total Memory -
Placement Group Supported Strategies partition, spread
Hibernation Supported no
Dedicated Hosts Supported no
Auto Recovery Supported no
Supported Boot Modes legacy-bios
Nitro Enclaves Support unsupported
Nitro TPM Support unsupported
SAP Supported no
SAP HANA Supported no
SAP Standard Benchmark (SAPS) -

Costs (Pricing) for m2.xlarge

Cost and pricing across all AWS locations for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type m2.xlarge with free operating system.

Price per Hour

Min. Avg. Max.
On-Demand 0.245 0.2817 0.323
Spot Instance 0.0545 0.0967 0.1286

Price per Month

Min. Avg. Max.
On-Demand Instance 178.85 205.62 235.79
Spot Instance 39.78 70.57 93.88
Reserved Instance one-year term no upfront 81.03 97.5 110.23
Reserved Instance one-year term partial upfront 69.35 83.65 101.87
Reserved Instance one-year term all upfront 67.92 81.45 92.5
Reserved Instance three-year term no upfront N/A N/A N/A
Reserved Instance three-year term partial upfront 43.33 55.64 70.07
Reserved Instance three-year term all upfront 40.72 52.12 59.53
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term no upfront N/A N/A N/A
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term partial upfront N/A N/A N/A
Convertible Reserved Instance one-year term all upfront N/A N/A N/A
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term no upfront N/A N/A N/A
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term partial upfront N/A N/A N/A
Convertible Reserved Instance three-year term all upfront N/A N/A N/A

Price per Location

Costs and pricing for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type m2.xlarge 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)
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) North America Region 0.245 0.081 178.85 59.13 81.03 67.92 N/A 40.72
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) North America Region 0.245 0.1002 178.85 73.15 81.03 67.92 N/A 40.72
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland) Europe Region 0.275 0.1286 200.75 93.88 97.82 82.25 N/A 53.08
us-west-1 US West (N. California) North America Region 0.275 0.0545 200.75 39.78 97.82 82.25 N/A 52.39
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Asia Pacific Region 0.287 0.1058 209.51 77.23 110.23 92.5 N/A 59.53
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US) North America Region 0.293 N/A 213.89 N/A 99.28 79.17 N/A 49.58
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore) Asia Pacific Region 0.296 0.1235 216.08 90.16 108.04 91 N/A 58.39
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney) Asia Pacific Region 0.296 0.1094 216.08 79.86 108.04 91 N/A 58.39
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) South America Region 0.323 0.0704 235.79 51.39 94.17 79.08 N/A 56.25