ra3.large pricing and specs in US East (N. Virginia)
2 vCPU · 16 GiB · · intel
$0.5430/hour on-demand · $396/month (Default, Default)
ra3.large is a managed-storage Redshift instance with 2 vCPU and 16 GiB, generation 3 of the ra family. On-demand it costs $0.5430 an hour, about $396 a month if it runs all month. A one-year commitment with nothing up front works out at $0.3801 an hour and pays for itself above roughly 511 hours a month; below that, on-demand is cheaper. The three-year options go down to $0.2035 an hour, 63% below on-demand. There is no newer generation at this size in US East (N. Virginia). Across regions the cheapest place to run ra3.large is Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) (ap-east-1) at $0.5430 an hour, 0% below US East (N. Virginia).
Pricing by platform (hourly, USD, Default)
| Option | Default |
|---|---|
| On-Demand | $0.5430 |
| 1y Std RI NU | $0.3801 |
| 1y Std RI PU | $0.3640 |
| 1y Std RI AU | $0.3586 |
| 3y Std RI NU | $0.2362 |
| 3y Std RI PU | $0.2145 |
| 3y Std RI AU | $0.2035 |
Newer generations of the same size
Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.
No Graviton equivalent at this sizeNo newer generation of this size is priced in US East (N. Virginia).
Cheapest regions for ra3.large
| Region | On-Demand $/h | vs us-east-1 | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.5430 | 0.0% | $0 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.5430 | current | — |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.5430 | 0.0% | $0 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.5430 | 0.0% | $0 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.5700 | +5% | $-20 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.5702 | +5% | $-20 |
Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.
Price history (us-east-1)
Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.
| Date | OD Default | OD Windows | 1y RI | 3y RI | Spot p50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | $0.5430 | — | $0.3801 | $0.2362 | — |
All attributes
- vCPU
- 2
- Cores / threads per core
- —
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 8.00 GiB
- Processor
- intel
- Architecture
- —
- Sustained clock
- —
- Hypervisor
- —
- Generation
- Current
- Burstable
- No
- Bare metal
- No
- Free tier eligible
- No
- Network performance
- —
- Network baseline / burst
- —
- Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
- —
- IPv6 / ENA / EFA
- — / — / —
- EBS optimized
- —
- EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS NVMe
- —
- Instance storage
- 8 GB SSD
- GPU
- —
- Placement groups
- —
- Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
- — / —
- Dedicated hosts
- —
- Boot modes
- —
- Spot supported
- —
Public AWS list prices (USD), refreshed nightly (catalog 2026-11-06). RI and Savings Plan rates are effective hourly (upfront amortised over the term) and are charged for every hour of the term. Excludes taxes, data transfer and storage. How these numbers are sourced and checked. Not affiliated with Amazon Web Services.
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