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Part of the M2 General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.22nd Generation2 = 2nd GenerationAWS 2nd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)2 vCPUs • 17.1 GiB RAM • 420 GB SSD • Moderate Network
Price (Linux)
$0.2450/ hr
~$178.85/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • x86_64
Memory
17.1GiB
8.6 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.1225/ vCPU-hr
$0.0143/GiB-hr
Network
1.2Gbps
Baseline: 0.3 Gbps
Storage & EBS
420 GB
420 GB

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed—
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score28,404
CoreMark / vCPU14,201.9 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding10 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar115,935 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.1225
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0143

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks3 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceModerate
Baseline Bandwidth0.3 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth1.2 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingNo
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (420 GB)
Local NVMe Disk420 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2010-02-23

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.2450/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.3230/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.2817/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
9regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 9 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.2960
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.2960
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.2870
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.2930
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.2750
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.3230
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.2450
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.2750
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.2450