m4.2xlarge
Part of the M4 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.44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.2xlarge2 Extra Large2xlarge = 2 Extra Large8 vCPUs • 32.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • High NetworkPrice (Linux)
$0.4000/ hr
~$292.00/mo
Compute
8vCPUs
4 cores • x86_64
Memory
32.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0500/ vCPU-hr
$0.0125/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
Baseline: 1 Gbps
Storage & EBS
125MB/s
Max: 8,000 IOPS
Technical Specifications & Limits
Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limitsCompute & Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads8 vCPUs
Physical Cores4
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)
Performance & Benchmarks
CoreMark Score105,365
CoreMark / vCPU13,170.6 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding34 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar263,413 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0500
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0125
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 PerformanceHigh
Baseline Bandwidth1 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported
Storage & EBS Optimization
Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput125 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput125 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS8,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS8,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput1000 Mbps
Platform & Architecture Details
Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor16
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2015-06-11
Regional Pricing Matrix
Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regionsLowest Price Region
$0.4000/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)Highest Price Region
$0.6360/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)Global Fleet Average
$0.4740/ hr
Across all active regionsRegional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide| Region Name | Region Code | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|---|
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 | $0.4200 |
Asia Pacific (Osaka) | ap-northeast-3 | $0.5160 |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 | $0.4920 |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 | $0.5000 |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 | $0.5000 |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 | $0.5160 |
AWS GovCloud (US-West) | us-gov-west-1 | $0.5040 |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 | $0.4440 |
EU (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 | $0.4800 |
EU (Ireland) | eu-west-1 | $0.4440 |
EU (London) | eu-west-2 | $0.4640 |
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest | sa-east-1 | $0.6360 |
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest | us-east-1 | $0.4000 |
US East (Ohio)Lowest | us-east-2 | $0.4000 |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 | $0.4680 |
US West (Oregon)Lowest | us-west-2 | $0.4000 |
| Region Name | Region Code | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|---|
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 | $0.7880 |
Asia Pacific (Osaka) | ap-northeast-3 | $0.8840 |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 | $0.8600 |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 | $0.8680 |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 | $0.8680 |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 | $0.8840 |
AWS GovCloud (US-West) | us-gov-west-1 | $0.8720 |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 | $0.8120 |
EU (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 | $0.8480 |
EU (Ireland) | eu-west-1 | $0.8120 |
EU (London) | eu-west-2 | $0.8320 |
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest | sa-east-1 | $1.0040 |
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest | us-east-1 | $0.7680 |
US East (Ohio)Lowest | us-east-2 | $0.7680 |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 | $0.8360 |
US West (Oregon)Lowest | us-west-2 | $0.7680 |
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