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x1e.2xlarge by Amazon Web Services

x1e.2xlarge is a Memory intensive [Extra storage or memory] Gen1 2xlarge server offered by Amazon Web Services with 8 vCPUs, 244 GiB of memory and 240 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.238 USD per hour.
8 vCPU
244 GiB Memory
240 GB Storage
Spare SCore
4139
(All-cores)
740
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
aws
Name
x1e.2xlarge
Description
Memory intensive [Extra storage or memory] Gen1 2xlarge
Family
x1e
Hw Virt
Status
active
Observed At
2026-06-29T08:51:13.856545

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
Oregon (US) / us-west-2
0.409133 USD/h 1.668 USD/h
Ohio (US) / us-east-2
0.32955 USD/h 1.668 USD/h
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1
0.37125 USD/h 1.668 USD/h
Mumbai (IN) / ap-south-1
0.27385 USD/h 1.72 USD/h
Quebec (CA) / ca-central-1
1.1909 USD/h 1.834 USD/h
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1
0.49 USD/h 2 USD/h
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1
0.3832 USD/h 2.334 USD/h
Cape Town (ZA) / af-south-1
0.238 USD/h 2.38 USD/h
Osaka (JP) / ap-northeast-3
0.2494 USD/h 2.418 USD/h
Seoul (KR) / ap-northeast-2
0.33325 USD/h 2.418 USD/h
Tokyo (JP) / ap-northeast-1
0.3786 USD/h 2.418 USD/h
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1
0.74595 USD/h 2.418 USD/h
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2
0.7491 USD/h 2.418 USD/h
Sao Paulo (BR) / sa-east-1
1.49115 USD/h 3.251 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
8
Hypervisor
xen
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
4
CPU Speed
2.3 GHz
CPU Architecture
x86_64
CPU Manufacturer
Intel
CPU Family
Xeon
CPU Model
E7-8880 v3
CPU L1D Cache
32 KiB
CPU L1D Cache Total
128 KiB
CPU L1I Cache
32 KiB
CPU L1I Cache Total
128 KiB
CPU L2 Cache
256 KiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
1 MiB
CPU L3 Cache
45 MiB
CPU L3 Cache Total
45 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, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, aperfmperf, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, tsc_deadline_timer, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, abm, cpuid_fault, pti, fsgsbase, bmi1, hle, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, rtm, xsaveopt
Ecpus
5.6
Scalability
140

System Resources and Accelerators

MEMORY
Memory Amount
244 GiB
Memory Amount Actual
244 GiB
GPU
GPU Count
0
GPU Memory Min
0 MiB
GPU Memory Total
0 MiB
GPUs
    STORAGE
    Storage Size
    240 GB
    Storage Type
    nvme ssd
    Storages
    • 240 GB nvme ssd
    NETWORK
    Network Speed Baseline
    1.25 Gbps
    Network Speed Max
    10 Gbps
    Network Storage Speed Baseline
    1 Gbps
    Network Storage Speed Max
    1 Gbps
    Inbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    Outbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    IPv4
    0

    Server Description

    A memory-optimized virtual server delivering an exceptionally high RAM-to-vCPU ratio and local NVMe storage for memory-bound enterprise workloads.

    Memory OptimizedStorage & Database

    Amazon Web Services x1e.2xlarge is a memory-optimized instance designed for workloads requiring a massive RAM footprint relative to compute resources. It features 8 vCPUs powered by an Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processor at 2.3 GHz, paired with 244.0 GB of RAM and a 240 GB NVMe SSD. Operating on the Xen hypervisor, the instance provides dedicated CPU allocation but exhibits clear performance tradeoffs. Benchmark results place its single-core and multi-core CPU performance in the lower percentiles, and memory bandwidth remains relatively low. With a baseline network bandwidth of 1 Gbps and no GPU acceleration, this instance is not suited for high-performance computing. Instead, its resource profile is qualitatively cost-effective for memory-bound, low-throughput applications, such as in-memory databases, caching layers, and enterprise software requiring high memory capacity without intensive CPU utilization.

    Economics

    Average Price per Region

    Prices per Zone

    Lowest Prices

    Performance

    Memory Bandwidth

    Compression

    OpenSSL

    Geekbench Single-Core

    Score: 841

    Geekbench Multi-Core

    Score: 3,121

    Passmark CPU Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Mark
    		6005
    Compression
    		83758
    Encryption
    		1843
    Extended Instructions
    		4278
    Floating Point Maths
    		9770
    Integer Maths
    		19373
    Physics
    		702
    Prime Numbers
    		46
    Single Threaded
    		1618
    String Sorting
    		12648

    Passmark Memory Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Memory Mark
    		1469
    Database Operations
    		1982
    Memory Latency
    		91
    Memory Read Cached
    		18806
    Memory Read Uncached
    		5277
    Memory Write
    		5717

    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

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