x1e.xlarge by Amazon Web Services

x1e.xlarge is a Memory intensive [Extra storage or memory] Gen1 xlarge server offered by Amazon Web Services with 4 vCPUs, 122 GiB of memory and 120 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.0853 USD per hour.
4 vCPU
122 GiB Memory
120 GB Storage
Spare SCore
2,071
(All-cores)
735
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
aws
Name
x1e.xlarge
Description
Memory intensive [Extra storage or memory] Gen1 xlarge
Family
x1e
Hw Virt
Status
active
Observed At
2026-10-06T14:38:19.269552

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
Ohio (US) / us-east-2
0.10325 USD/h 0.834 USD/h
Oregon (US) / us-west-2
0.176667 USD/h 0.834 USD/h
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1
0.2026 USD/h 0.834 USD/h
Mumbai (IN) / ap-south-1
0.21565 USD/h 0.86 USD/h
Quebec (CA) / ca-central-1
0.5541 USD/h 0.917 USD/h
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1
0.282133 USD/h 1 USD/h
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1
0.26 USD/h 1.167 USD/h
Cape Town (ZA) / af-south-1
0.137 USD/h 1.19 USD/h
Seoul (KR) / ap-northeast-2
0.1209 USD/h 1.209 USD/h
Osaka (JP) / ap-northeast-3
0.1209 USD/h 1.209 USD/h
Tokyo (JP) / ap-northeast-1
0.21505 USD/h 1.209 USD/h
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1
0.2352 USD/h 1.209 USD/h
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2
0.33935 USD/h 1.209 USD/h
Sao Paulo (BR) / sa-east-1
0.31055 USD/h 1.626 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
4
Hypervisor
xen
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
2
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
64 KiB
CPU L1I Cache
32 KiB
CPU L1I Cache Total
64 KiB
CPU L2 Cache
256 KiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
512 KiB
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
2.8
Scalability
70

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
    120 GB
    Storage Type
    nvme ssd
    Storages
    • 120 GB nvme ssd
    NETWORK
    Network Speed Baseline
    0.625 Gbps
    Network Speed Max
    10 Gbps
    Network Storage Speed Baseline
    0.5 Gbps
    Network Storage Speed Max
    0.5 Gbps
    Inbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    Outbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    IPv4
    0

    Server Description

    A memory-optimized virtual server featuring an exceptionally high memory-to-vCPU ratio and local NVMe SSD storage for memory-intensive workloads.

    Memory OptimizedStorage & Database

    Amazon Web Services x1e.xlarge is a memory-optimized instance designed for workloads requiring a high memory-to-vCPU ratio. Powered by an Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processor running at 2.3 GHz, it provides 4 dedicated vCPUs and 122.0 GB of RAM, resulting in 30.5 GB of memory per core. The instance includes a 120 GB NVMe SSD for local storage and a baseline network bandwidth of 1 Gbps. Benchmark results show limited CPU and memory bandwidth performance, with stress-ng and Geekbench scores placing in the bottom 10% to 25% of tested servers. Consequently, this instance is best suited for memory-intensive applications with low compute requirements, such as small in-memory databases, caching layers, and legacy enterprise applications that demand substantial memory capacity without intensive processing needs.

    Economics

    Average Price per Region

    Prices per Zone

    Lowest Prices

    Performance

    Workload Profiles

    0.17Score
    Precomputed compound score for Cache Intensive workloads. A weighted average (geometric mean) of benchmark scores compared to their medians: score = ∏ (x_i / m_i)^(w_i / Σw). The score of 1.0 represents a synthetic baseline server with the median performance of each component benchmark; 0.5 means roughly half the performance; and 2.0 means twice the performance of that reference profile. Component weights: 50% Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET), 20% Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET), 10% PassMark Memory Mark (composite), 10% Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3), 10% PassMark single-thread CPU. Rationale for component selection: In-memory key-value store workload, mixing direct Redis performance metrics with memory speed and latency benchmarks, and single-core CPU performance profiles.
    Component Score Weight Impact
    Raw Reference Normalized Target Actual
    Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET) 231,249 ops/sec 1,916,704 ops/sec 0.12 50.00% 50.00% -65.00%
    Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET) 1,520,588 ops/sec 11,642,227 ops/sec 0.12 20.00% 20.00% -35.00%
    PassMark Memory Mark (composite) 1,363 2,417 0.58 10.00% 10.00% -5.30%
    Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3) 20,634 MB/sec 108,361 MB/sec 0.19 10.00% 10.00% -15.00%
    PassMark single-thread CPU 1,622 Mops/s 2,365 Mops/s 0.67 10.00% 10.00% -3.90%

    Memory Bandwidth

    Compression

    OpenSSL

    Geekbench Single-Core

    Score: 833

    Geekbench Multi-Core

    Score: 1,767

    Passmark CPU Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Mark
    		 3097
    Compression
    		 42169
    Encryption
    		 905
    Extended Instructions
    		 2106
    Floating Point Maths
    		 4884
    Integer Maths
    		 9647
    Physics
    		 450
    Prime Numbers
    		 26
    Single Threaded
    		 1622
    String Sorting
    		 6371

    Passmark Memory Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Memory Mark
    		 1363
    Database Operations
    		 985
    Memory Latency
    		 90
    Memory Read Cached
    		 19356
    Memory Read Uncached
    		 5317
    Memory Write
    		 5805

    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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