AWS Amazon EC2

z1d.xlarge

Part of the Z1D Memory Optimized family — High memory-to-vCPU ratio for memory-intensive applications.

Name:zHigh Frequency Memory Optimized11st GenerationdDirect-Attached NVMe SSDxlargeExtra Large (1x)

On-demand, Linux

$0.3720/ hr

~$271.56/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.1760/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −53% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0930/ vCPU-hr

$0.0116/GB-hr

Compute

4vCPUs

2 cores • x86_64

Memory

32GB

8.0 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 10 Gbps

Baseline: 1.25 Gbps

Storage & EBS

396.25MB/s

Max: 13,333 IOPS

Alternatives to z1d.xlarge

Option	Price vs z1d.xlarge	Why look at it
m5zn.xlarge Compare →	-11%-$0.0417/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, 16 GiB RAM instead of 32, same vCPU
r7iz.xlarge Compare →	same price Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to z1d.xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs z1d.xlarge
z1d.xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	4 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.3720/hr	—
n4-highmem-4same 4 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both; local disk on z1d.xlarge only	4 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.23804/hr	36% less
c3-highmem-4same 4 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both; local disk on z1d.xlarge only	4 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.264616/hr	29% less
n2-highmem-4same 4 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both; local disk on z1d.xlarge only	4 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.295092/hr	21% less

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8151

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs

Physical Cores2

Clock Speed4 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score72,549

CoreMark / vCPU18,137.3 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding26 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar195,024 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0930

Cost per GB-hr$0.0116

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods

Max ENIs4

IPv4/v6 per ENI15

Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth1.25 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (150 GB)

Local NVMe Disk150 GB NVMe SSD

EBS Baseline Throughput197.5 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput396.25 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS6,667

EBS Max / Burst IOPS13,333

Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2333 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor8

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$0.3720/ hr

US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)

Highest Price Region

$0.4540/ hr

Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)

Global Fleet Average

$0.4203/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

12regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 12 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.3920
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.4500
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.4520
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.4520
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Highest	$0.4540
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.4500
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.4160
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.4390
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$0.3720
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$0.3720
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.4220
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$0.3720

Windows — Available in all 12 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.5760
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.6340
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.6360
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.6360
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Highest	$0.6380
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.6340
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.6000
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.6230
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$0.5560
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$0.5560
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.6060
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$0.5560

Savings Plans: what to know

A Savings Plan commits you to a dollar amount per hour of spend for one or three years, not to an instance: usage up to that amount is billed at the plan's rates and the rest at on-demand, and unused commitment is still billed.
A Compute Savings Plan follows your usage across instance families, sizes, regions and operating systems; an EC2 Instance Savings Plan is locked to one family in one region in exchange for a lower rate (what that flexibility costs).
In US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), the 3-year Compute Savings Plan rate (No Upfront) for z1d.xlarge on Linux is 47% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 47% of the hours for the commitment to cost less than on-demand.
On Windows a plan discounts only the compute part of the rate: the Windows license part costs the same as on demand, so the percentage off is smaller than on Linux.
Rates are AWS's effective hourly rate for each payment option; All Upfront pays the whole term's commitment at purchase, which is why its hourly rate is lower; Partial Upfront (at least half up front) isn't shown on this page. The Savings Plans calculator has all three and sizes a commitment for this instance or a mix of them. How AWS applies a plan each hour: how Compute Savings Plans decide what they cover. Sizing one for elastic workloads: managing Compute Savings Plans.