i3.4xlarge
Storage optimized · i3 series · Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
- vCPU
- 16
- Memory
- 122 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $1.25
- Per month
- $911
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0780
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0102
Analysis
The i3.4xlarge is a storage optimized instance in the i3 series with 16 vCPUs and 122 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) (up to 2.3 GHz), which makes it memory-heavy at 7.62 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $1.25/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $911 a month, the i3.4xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy storage optimized capacity: only 14% of the 90 current storage optimized types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0780.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $543 a month per instance: $1.25/hour against $1.99/hour, a 60% spread.
It has local instance storage (2 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: Up to 10 Gigabit.
Looking beyond its own line, 22 of 42 current types with 16 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the r6g.4xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.8064/hour.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $0.8570/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 69% of the time; three years brings it to $0.6050/hour, 52% below on demand. Windows Server roughly adds 59% to the bill at $1.98/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $1.25 | $1.98 | $0.8570 | $0.6050 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $1.25 | $1.98 | $0.8570 | $0.6050 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $1.25 | $1.98 | $0.8570 | $0.6050 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $1.38 | $2.11 | $0.9410 | $0.6740 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $1.99 | $2.73 | $1.36 | $0.9630 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $1.38 | $2.11 | $0.9410 | $0.6740 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $1.45 | $2.18 | $0.9910 | $0.7080 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $1.49 | $2.22 | $1.01 | $0.7260 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $1.42 | $2.15 | $0.9740 | $0.6910 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $1.50 | $2.23 | $1.02 | $0.7260 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $1.50 | $2.23 | $1.02 | $0.7260 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $1.46 | $2.20 | $0.9910 | $0.7080 |
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 i3.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r6g.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.8064 | -35% |
| r7g.4xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.8568 | -31% |
| r5a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.9040 | -28% |
| r6a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.9072 | -27% |
| r6gd.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.9216 | -26% |
| r8g.4xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 16 | 128 GiB | $0.9426 | -24% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 16 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 122 GiB (7.6 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Clock | 2.3 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 10 Gigabit |
i3 sizes
| i3.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1560 |
| i3.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.3120 |
| i3.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.6240 |
| i3.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $1.25 |
| i3.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $2.50 |
| i3.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $4.99 |