# Amazon Lightsail 2Xlarge 8 vCPU / 32 GB, 3.5 TB transfer benchmarks

8 shared vCPU, 32 GB RAM, 640 GB SSD

[Shared CPU](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-categories/shared-cpu-vps-benchmarks)

$164.00/mo

$0.22/hr
[Visit Amazon Lightsail](https://www.rackcensus.com/go/lightsail)

## Performance by location
[Every run of this plan](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks?filter%5Bplan%5D=lightsail-2xlarge-3-2&filter%5Bsort%5D=location)

Averages over the last 90 days. Same plan, same provider, different datacenters.

| Location | Runs | GB7 single | GB7 multi | 4K IOPS | Price | Last tested |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
Sydney (ap-southeast-2) (ap-southeast-2)

Sydney, NSW, AU
| 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $164.00/mo | Not tested yet |

A location is highlighted only when it leads the next best by 5 percent or more. Smaller gaps are normal run-to-run variance.

Network results are not compared here. iperf3 targets are third-party servers, so distance to each target dominates the number.

## Benchmark history

We have not benchmarked this plan yet. It shows up here after its first scheduled run.

## Similar plans from other providers

| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Monthly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Scaleway](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/scaleway-benchmarks) | [PRO2-S](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/3d7a0855cc1e7f1d67189e4a384eb74c-scaleway-pro2-s-benchmarks) | 8 shared vCPU | 32 GB | | €163.07 EUR |
| [DigitalOcean](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks) | [Basic AMD 8 vCPU / 32 GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/4aff0e6732b81888791c654aa69146bb-digitalocean-s-8vcpu-32gb-amd-benchmarks) | 8 shared vCPU | 32 GB | 400 GB NVMe | $168.00 |
| [Vultr](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/vultr-benchmarks) | [Cloud Compute Regular Intel 8 vCPU / 32 GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/81ac66f7bf3b3d94663302ce1f6285e2-vultr-vc2-8c-32gb-benchmarks) | 8 shared vCPU | 32 GB | 640 GB | $160.00 |
| [Kamatera](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/kamatera-benchmarks) | [16A 16GB 300GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/b9b534c827f291e40d5cc57f56a27e93-kamatera-16a-16384-300-benchmarks) | 16 shared vCPU | 16 GB | 300 GB SSD | $168.00 |
| [Kamatera](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/kamatera-benchmarks) | [6T 24GB 500GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/5dcad1f7ec534f213e3498154fa6b4fe-kamatera-6t-24576-500-benchmarks) | 6 shared vCPU | 24 GB | 500 GB SSD | $170.00 |
| [Kamatera](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/kamatera-benchmarks) | [4B 16GB 300GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/4ec582f36aa0663a721a2fbdc0ed131a-kamatera-4b-16384-300-benchmarks) | 4 shared vCPU | 16 GB | 300 GB SSD | $156.00 |
| [Scaleway](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/scaleway-benchmarks) | [BASIC3-X8C-32G](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/0ee631d31328a513d80c4cb2b134b233-scaleway-basic3-x8c-32g-benchmarks) | 8 shared vCPU | 32 GB | | €172.86 EUR |
| [Hetzner](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/hetzner-benchmarks) | [CPX 62 16 vCPU / 32 GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/275295789785cbb2d6719f1ddef35cc9-hetzner-cpx62-benchmarks) | 16 shared vCPU | 32 GB | 640 GB NVMe | $152.99 |

## Advertised specs

**Product line:** General Purpose

**Sold as:** VPS

**Plan identifier:** 2xlarge\_3\_2

**vCPU:** 8

**CPU kind:** Shared vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 32 GB

**Storage:** 640 GB SSD

**Disk class:** Unknown

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network port:** Unknown

**Transfer:** 3.58 TB

**Overage:** Unknown

**IPv4:** Included

**IPv6:** Included

**Port 25:** On request

**Status:** Active

## Price history

-

$0.22 Hourly

Since Oct 3, 2026

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$164.00 Monthly

Since Oct 3, 2026

## Available in

- Sydney (ap-southeast-2) (ap-southeast-2) Sydney, NSW, AU