f1.4xlarge
FPGA Instances · f1 series · Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
- vCPU
- 16
- Memory
- 244 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $3.30
- Per month
- $2,409
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.2062
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0135
Analysis
The f1.4xlarge is a fpga instances instance in the f1 series with 16 vCPUs and 244 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) (up to 2.3 GHz), which makes it very memory-heavy at 15.25 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of Sydney saves $483 a month per instance: $3.30/hour against $3.96/hour, a 20% spread. It is not offered in Ohio, Canada Central, São Paulo, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo, so plan around that if you need a presence there.
Per vCPU it is one of the dearer fpga instances types: 75% of the 6 current types in the family cost less than its $0.2062 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for the local NVMe disk. On demand it is $3.30/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $2,409 for a 730-hour month.
Looking beyond its own line, 3 of 4 current types with 16 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the x2gd.4xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $1.34/hour.
It has local instance storage (1 x 940 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 10 Gigabit.
It is size 2 of 3 in the f1 series. Stepping up to the f1.16xlarge gives 64 vCPUs and 976 GiB for $7,227 more a month. Dropping to the f1.2xlarge saves $1,205 a month.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $3.30 | – | – | – | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $3.30 | – | – | – | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $3.63 | – | – | – | |
| London eu-west-2 | $3.81 | – | – | – | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $3.47 | – | – | – | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $3.96 | – | – | – |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs f1.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x2gd.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 256 GiB | $1.34 | -60% |
| x8g.4xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 16 | 256 GiB | $1.56 | -53% |
| x8i.4xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | 16 | 256 GiB | $1.75 | -47% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 16 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 244 GiB (15.2 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Clock | 2.3 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 940 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 10 Gigabit |
f1 sizes
| f1.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $1.65 |
| f1.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $3.30 |
| f1.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $13.20 |