Instances›AWS EC2›m7i-flex›m7i-flex.large
Compute
vCPUs2
Memory8 GiB
Mem / vCPU4.00 GiB
ProcessorXeon Scalable
Clock speed3.5 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
TypeEBS only
Bandwidth10,000 Mbps
Throughput1250 MB/s
IOPS40,000
Networking
PerformanceUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Max ENIs3
IPv6Yes
GPUNone
Family sizes
m7i-flex.large2 vCPU · 8 GiB
m7i-flex.xlarge4 vCPU · 16 GiB
m7i-flex.2xlarge8 vCPU · 32 GiB
m7i-flex.4xlarge16 vCPU · 64 GiB
m7i-flex.8xlarge32 vCPU · 128 GiB
m7i-flex.12xlarge48 vCPU · 192 GiB
m7i-flex.16xlarge64 vCPU · 256 GiB
m7i-flex.large

m7i-flex.large is AWS's general-purpose EC2 size at 2 vCPU and 8 GiB. It runs on Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) at 3.5 GHz, and AWS introduced it in August 2023. Rackspace Spot maps this to gp.vs2.large (4 vCPU, 16 GiB), giving you 2 more vCPU and 8 GiB more memory, about 89% below the US East (N. Virginia) on-demand rate.

Pricing by region
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RegionAWS on-demandAWS Spot1-yr Reserved3-yr ReservedRackspace SpotYou save
US East, N. Virginia$0.096$0.037$0.063$0.043$0.011
$0.085 savings
US Central, Chicagono AWS region$0.011
US Central, Dallasno AWS region$0.021
Hong Kong$0.132$0.087$0.060$0.011
$0.121 savings
Sydney, Australia$0.120$0.051$0.079$0.054$0.011
$0.109 savings
London, UK$0.111$0.024$0.073$0.050$0.026
$0.085 savings
US West, San Jose$0.112$0.039$0.074$0.051$0.041
$0.071 savings
US Central, Dallas 2no AWS region$0.041
US East, N. Virginia 2$0.096$0.037$0.063$0.043$0.041
$0.055 savings
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Small to mid-size relational databases
  • ●Backend services with no single dominant resource
  • ●Queue workers and scheduled jobs
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 8 GiB of RAM
  • ●Small, steady services that do not need more than 2 vCPU
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at Up to 12.5 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●The working set needs more than 8 GiB of RAM
  • ●More than 4.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
  • ●Local NVMe or instance-store disk is a hard requirement
  • ●GPU or FPGA acceleration is needed
  • ●Sustained full-core CPU load. A compute-optimized family costs less per unit of work.
Stop overpaying AWS. This compute costs $70/mo on AWS vs $8/mo on Rackspace Spot.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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