m4.large
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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • Moderate NetworkPrice (Linux)
$0.1000/ hr
~$73.00/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0500/ vCPU-hr
$0.0125/GiB-hr
Network
1.2Gbps
Baseline: 0.45 Gbps
Storage & EBS
56.25MB/s
Max: 3,600 IOPS
Technical Specifications & Limits
Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limitsCompute & Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)
Performance & Benchmarks
CoreMark Score26,848
CoreMark / vCPU13,424 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding10 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar268,480 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0500
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0125
Containers & Kubernetes
EKS Max Pods20 pods
Max ECS Tasks1 tasks
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs20 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI
Networking & Bandwidth
Network PerformanceModerate
Baseline Bandwidth0.45 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth1.2 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported
Storage & EBS Optimization
Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput56.25 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput56.25 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
EBS Max / Burst IOPS3,600
Dedicated EBS Throughput450 Mbps
Platform & Architecture Details
Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2015-06-11
Regional Pricing Matrix
Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regionsLowest Price Region
$0.1000/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)Highest Price Region
$0.1590/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)Global Fleet Average
$0.1185/ hr
Across all active regionsRegional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide| Region Name | Region Code | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|---|
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 | $0.1050 |
Asia Pacific (Osaka) | ap-northeast-3 | $0.1290 |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 | $0.1230 |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 | $0.1250 |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 | $0.1250 |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 | $0.1290 |
AWS GovCloud (US-West) | us-gov-west-1 | $0.1260 |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 | $0.1110 |
EU (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 | $0.1200 |
EU (Ireland) | eu-west-1 | $0.1110 |
EU (London) | eu-west-2 | $0.1160 |
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest | sa-east-1 | $0.1590 |
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest | us-east-1 | $0.1000 |
US East (Ohio)Lowest | us-east-2 | $0.1000 |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 | $0.1170 |
US West (Oregon)Lowest | us-west-2 | $0.1000 |
| Region Name | Region Code | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|---|
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 | $0.1970 |
Asia Pacific (Osaka) | ap-northeast-3 | $0.2210 |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 | $0.2150 |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 | $0.2170 |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 | $0.2170 |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 | $0.2210 |
AWS GovCloud (US-West) | us-gov-west-1 | $0.2180 |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 | $0.2030 |
EU (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 | $0.2120 |
EU (Ireland) | eu-west-1 | $0.2030 |
EU (London) | eu-west-2 | $0.2080 |
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest | sa-east-1 | $0.2510 |
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest | us-east-1 | $0.1920 |
US East (Ohio)Lowest | us-east-2 | $0.1920 |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 | $0.2090 |
US West (Oregon)Lowest | us-west-2 | $0.1920 |
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