x2idn.32xlarge

Memory optimized · x2idn series · Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)

vCPU
128
Memory
2048 GiB
Linux / hour
$13.34
Per month
$9,737
Per vCPU-hour
$0.1042
Per GiB-hour
$0.00651

Analysis

The x2idn.32xlarge is a memory optimized instance in the x2idn series with 128 vCPUs and 2048 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) (up to 3.5 GHz), which makes it very memory-heavy at 16 GiB of memory per vCPU.

Nothing else with 128 vCPUs and similar memory is cheaper: among 3 current same-shape types it has the lowest on-demand price.

Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $9,251 a month per instance: $13.34/hour against $26.01/hour, a 95% spread.

It is the cheapest of the 2 processor variants AWS sells at this size and generation. The x2iedn.32xlarge on Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) costs 100% more, and no others also sit above it.

Per vCPU it is one of the dearer memory optimized types: 76% of the 385 current types in the family cost less than its $0.1042 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for the local NVMe disk. On demand it is $13.34/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $9,737 for a 730-hour month.

It has local instance storage (2 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 100 Gigabit.

Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $8.21/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 62% of the time; three years brings it to $4.28/hour, 68% below on demand. Windows Server roughly adds 44% to the bill at $19.23/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.

Price by region (USD per hour)

RegionLinuxWindows1-yr RI3-yr RI
N. Virginia us-east-1$13.34$19.23$8.21$4.28
Ohio us-east-2$13.34$19.23$8.21$4.28
Oregon us-west-2$13.34$19.23$8.21$4.28
Canada Central ca-central-1$14.67$20.56$9.03$4.71
São Paulo sa-east-1$26.01$31.90$16.00$8.34
Ireland eu-west-1$16.01$21.89$9.85$5.13
London eu-west-2$16.81$22.69$10.34$5.39
Frankfurt eu-central-1$18.67$24.56$11.49$5.99
Mumbai ap-south-1$13.76$19.65$8.47$4.41
Singapore ap-southeast-1$19.34$25.23$11.90$6.20
Sydney ap-southeast-2$19.34$25.23$11.90$6.20
Tokyo ap-northeast-1$19.34$25.23$11.90$6.20

Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.

Same shape, other types

TypevCPUMemory$/hourvs x2idn.32xlarge
x1.32xlarge
High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
1281952 GiB$13.34+0%
x8i.32xlarge
Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
1282048 GiB$14.01+5%

Cost calculator

Specs

vCPU128
Memory2048 GiB (16.0 per vCPU)
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock3.5 GHz
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Network100 Gigabit

x2idn sizes

x2idn.16xlarge64 vCPU$6.67
x2idn.24xlarge96 vCPU$10.00
x2idn.32xlarge128 vCPU$13.34