i2.4xlarge by Amazon Web Services
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | aws |
Name | i2.4xlarge |
Description | Storage optimized Gen2 4xlarge |
Family | i2 |
Hw Virt | |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-06-24T07:31:37.710248 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Ohio (US) / us-east-2 | 0.502533 USD/h | 3.41 USD/h |
Oregon (US) / us-west-2 | 0.7192 USD/h | 3.41 USD/h |
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1 | 0.8966 USD/h | 3.41 USD/h |
California (US) / us-west-1 | 0.52265 USD/h | 3.751 USD/h |
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1 | 0.927133 USD/h | 3.751 USD/h |
Mumbai (IN) / ap-south-1 | 0.8076 USD/h | 3.867 USD/h |
Seoul (KR) / ap-northeast-2 | 0.5327 USD/h | 4.002 USD/h |
Tokyo (JP) / ap-northeast-1 | 0.62535 USD/h | 4.002 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1 | 0.9523 USD/h | 4.051 USD/h |
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2 | 1.075733 USD/h | 4.07 USD/h |
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1 | 0.8155 USD/h | 4.07 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 16 |
Hypervisor | xen |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 8 |
CPU Speed | 2.5 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | Intel |
CPU Family | Xeon |
CPU Model | E5-2670 v2 |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 2 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 25 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 25 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ht, syscall, nx, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, cpuid, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, popcnt, tsc_deadline_timer, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, cpuid_fault, pti, fsgsbase, smep, erms, xsaveopt |
Ecpus | 8.7 |
Scalability | 108.75 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 122 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 122 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 3200 GB |
Storage Type | nvme ssd |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 2 Gbps |
Network Speed Max | 10 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Baseline | 2 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Max | 2 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A storage-optimized instance featuring high-capacity local NVMe SSDs and balanced memory for database and caching workloads.
Amazon Web Services i2.4xlarge is a storage-optimized instance utilizing the Xen hypervisor and an x86_64 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 processor. It delivers 16 dedicated vCPUs (8 physical cores) running at 2.5 GHz, paired with 122.0 GB of memory and a substantial 3200 GB of local NVMe SSD storage. While it lacks GPU capabilities and has a modest 2 Gbps baseline network bandwidth, its hardware profile is tailored for data-intensive tasks. Benchmark results show average multi-core CPU performance and database operations, though single-core performance and large-block memory write speeds are weak. This instance is qualitatively cost-effective for localized database deployments, Redis caching, and static web serving where high-capacity local storage is required, but it is not recommended for single-threaded compute-bound workloads or modern machine learning inference.
Economics
Performance
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 16684 |
Compression | 232065 |
Encryption | 7439 |
Extended Instructions | 9237 |
Floating Point Maths | 31157 |
Integer Maths | 58276 |
Physics | 2040 |
Prime Numbers | 118 |
Single Threaded | 1991 |
String Sorting | 32310 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 2116 |
Database Operations | 6516 |
Memory Latency | 72 |
Memory Read Cached | 20203 |
Memory Read Uncached | 9645 |
Memory Write | 8731 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| i2.xlarge | 4 | 31 GiB | 0 |
| i2.2xlarge | 8 | 61 GiB | 0 |
| i2.8xlarge | 32 | 244 GiB | 0 |
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