DescribeInstanceTypes

Queries the details of all instance types or a specific instance type provided by Elastic Compute Service (ECS). You can understand the specifications and performance of instance types based on the response and select an instance type that meets your business requirements.

Operation description

Paged query: You can set MaxResults to specify the maximum number of entries to return in a single call. If the number of entries to return exceeds the specified MaxResults value, the response includes a NextToken value. You can set NextToken to the return value and specify MaxResults in your next request to DescribeInstanceTypes to retrieve the next page of results.
When you call this operation, if you do not set NextToken to paginate the results, only the first page of results is returned by default and includes a maximum of 100 entries. To retrieve further pages of results, set NextToken or pass filter conditions in your requests to DescribeInstanceTypes.

Note

MaxResults specifies the maximum number of entries per page. The maximum value of this parameter is changed from 1600 to 100 for all users as of November 15, 2023. If you called the DescribeInstanceTypes operation in 2022, you can use 1600 as the maximum value before November 15, 2023.

The DescribeInstanceTypes operation is used to query only the specifications and performance information of instance types. To query instance types that are available in a specific region, call the DescribeAvailableResource operation.
To use special instance types such as instance types that are unavailable for purchase, submit a ticket.

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Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
InstanceTypeFamily	string	No	The instance family to which the instance type belongs. For information about the valid values of this parameter, see DescribeInstanceTypeFamilies . For more information about instance families, see Instance families.	ecs.g6
InstanceTypes	array	No	The instance types. You can specify 1 to 10 instance types. If this parameter is empty, information about all instance types is queried.
	string	No	The instance type.	ecs.g6.large
MinimumCpuCoreCount	integer	No	The minimum number of vCPUs. The value must be a positive integer. Note If an instance type has fewer vCPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	2
MaximumCpuCoreCount	integer	No	The maximum number of vCPUs. The value must be a positive integer. Note If an instance type has more vCPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	10
MinimumMemorySize	float	No	The minimum memory size. Unit: GiB. Note If the memory size of an instance type is smaller than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	20
MaximumMemorySize	float	No	The maximum memory size. Unit: GiB. Note If the memory size of an instance type is larger than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	60
MinimumGPUAmount	integer	No	The minimum number of GPUs. The value must be a positive integer. Note If an instance type provides fewer GPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	3
MaximumGPUAmount	integer	No	The maximum number of GPUs. The value must be a positive integer. Note If an instance type provides more GPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	10
GPUSpec	string	No	The GPU model. Note Fuzzy match is supported. For example, if an instance type provides NVIDIA V100 GPUs and you set this parameter to NVIDIA, information about the instance type is queried.	NVIDIA V100
InstanceCategory	string	No	The category of the instance type. Valid values: General-purpose: general-purpose instance type Compute-optimized: compute-optimized instance type Memory-optimized: memory-optimized instance type Big data: big data instance type Local SSDs: instance type with local SSDs High Clock Speed: instance type with high clock speeds Enhanced: enhanced instance type Shared: shared instance type Compute-optimized with GPU: GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type Visual Compute-optimized: visual compute-optimized instance type Heterogeneous Service: heterogeneous service instance type Compute-optimized with FPGA: FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance type Compute-optimized with NPU: NPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type ECS Bare Metal: ECS Bare Metal Instance type Super Computing Cluster: Super Computing Cluster (SCC) instance type High Performance Compute: high-performance computing instance type	Big data
CpuArchitecture	string	No	The CPU architecture. Valid values: X86 ARM	X86
MinimumCpuSpeedFrequency	float	No	The minimum clock speed. Note If an instance type uses processors that have a lower clock speed than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	2.5
MaximumCpuSpeedFrequency	float	No	The maximum clock speed. Note If an instance type uses processors that have a higher clock speed than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	3.2
MinimumCpuTurboFrequency	float	No	The minimum turbo frequency. Note If an instance type uses processors that deliver a lower turbo frequency than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	3.2
MaximumCpuTurboFrequency	float	No	The maximum turbo frequency. Note If an instance type uses processors that deliver a higher turbo frequency than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	4.1
PhysicalProcessorModel	string	No	The CPU model. Note Fuzzy match is supported. For example, if an instance type uses Intel Xeon (Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B processors and you set this parameter to Intel, information about the instance type is queried.	Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B
InstanceFamilyLevel	string	No	The level of the instance family. Valid values: EntryLevel: entry level (shared) EnterpriseLevel: enterprise level CreditEntryLevel: credit-based entry level	EntryLevel
MinimumInstancePpsRx	long	No	The minimum inbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps. Note If an instance type provides an inbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	15
MinimumInstancePpsTx	long	No	The minimum outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps. Note If an instance type provides an outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	15
MinimumInstanceBandwidthRx	integer	No	The minimum inbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s. Note If an instance type provides an inbound internal bandwidth that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	12288
MinimumInstanceBandwidthTx	integer	No	The minimum outbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s. Note If an instance type provides an outbound internal bandwidth that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	12288
MinimumPrimaryEniQueueNumber	integer	No	The minimum default number of queues per primary network interface controller (NIC). Note If an instance type supports fewer queues per primary NIC than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	8
MinimumSecondaryEniQueueNumber	integer	No	The minimum default number of queues per secondary NIC. Note If an instance type supports fewer queues per secondary NIC than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	4
MinimumEniQuantity	integer	No	The minimum number of elastic network interfaces (ENIs) per instance. Note If an instance type supports fewer ENIs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	4
MinimumQueuePairNumber	integer	No	The minimum number of queue pair (QP) queues per elastic RDMA interface (ERI). Note If an instance type supports fewer QP queues per ERI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	8
MinimumEriQuantity	integer	No	The minimum number of ERIs per instance. Note If an instance type supports fewer ERIs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	0
MinimumEniPrivateIpAddressQuantity	integer	No	The minimum number of IPv4 addresses per ENI. Note If an instance type supports fewer IPv4 addresses per ENI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	2
MinimumEniIpv6AddressQuantity	integer	No	The minimum number of IPv6 addresses per ENI. Note If an instance type supports fewer IPv6 addresses per ENI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	2
MinimumLocalStorageAmount	integer	No	The minimum number of local disks per instance. Note If an instance type supports fewer local disks than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	4
MinimumLocalStorageCapacity	long	No	The capacity of each local disk attached per instance. Unit: GiB.	40
MinimumDiskQuantity	integer	No	The minimum number of cloud disks per instance. Note If an instance type supports fewer cloud disks than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	4
LocalStorageCategory	string	No	The category of local disks. For more information, see Local disks. Valid values: local_hdd_pro: local Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) HDDs, which are attached to d1ne or d1 instances. local_ssd_pro: local Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSDs, which are attached to i2, i2g, i1, ga1, or gn5 instances. Valid values: local_hdd_pro local_ssd_pro	local_ssd_pro
NvmeSupport	string	No	Specifies whether cloud disks can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. Valid values: required: Cloud disks can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. unsupported: Cloud disks cannot be attached by using the NVMe protocol.	required
MinimumBaselineCredit	integer	No	The minimum baseline CPU performance (overall baseline performance of all vCPUs) of a t5 or t6 burstable instance. Note If a t5 or t6 instance type provides baseline CPU performance lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	12
MinimumInitialCredit	integer	No	The minimum initial CPU credits of a t5 or t6 burstable instance. Note If a t5 or t6 instance type provides less initial vCPU credits than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.	12
InstanceTypeFamilies	array	No	The instance families. You can specify 1 to 10 instance families.
	string	No	The instance family.	["ecs.g6", "ecs.c6", … "ecs.r6"]
GpuSpecs	array	No	The GPU models of instance types. You can specify 1 to 10 GPU models.
	string	No	The GPU model.	["NVIDIA V100", "NVIDIA T4", … "NVIDIA A10"]
InstanceCategories	array	No	The categories of instance types. You can specify 1 to 10 categories of instance types.
	string	No	The category of instance types. Valid values: General-purpose: general-purpose instance type Compute-optimized: compute-optimized instance type Memory-optimized: memory-optimized instance type Big data: big data instance type Local SSDs: instance type with local SSDs High Clock Speed: instance type with high clock speeds Enhanced: enhanced instance type Shared: shared instance type Compute-optimized with GPU: GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type Visual Compute-optimized: visual compute-optimized instance type Heterogeneous Service: heterogeneous service instance type Compute-optimized with FPGA: FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance type Compute-optimized with NPU: NPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type ECS Bare Metal: ECS Bare Metal Instance type Super Computing Cluster: Super Computing Cluster (SCC) instance type High Performance Compute: high-performance computing instance type	["General-purpose", "Compute-optimized", … "Enhanced"]
CpuArchitectures	array	No	The CPU architectures of instance types. You can specify 1 or 2 CPU architectures.
	string	No	The CPU architecture. Valid values: X86 ARM	["X86", "ARM"]
PhysicalProcessorModels	array	No	The CPU models of instance types. You can specify 1 to 10 CPU models.
	string	No	The CPU model.	["Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B", "Intel Xeon(Skylake) Platinum 8163", … "Intel Xeon(Cascade Lake) Platinum 8269CY"]
LocalStorageCategories	array	No	The categories of local disks used by instance types. You can specify 1 or 2 categories of local disks.
	string	No	The category of local disks. For more information, see Local disks. Valid values: local_hdd_pro: local SATA HDDs, which are attached to d1ne or d1 instances local_ssd_pro: local Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSDs, which are attached to i2, i2g, i1, ga1, or gn5 instances.	["local_hdd_pro", "local_ssd_pro"]
MaxResults	long	No	The maximum number of entries per page. Valid values: 1 to 1600. Default value: 1600.	10
NextToken	string	No	The query token. Set the value to the NextToken value returned in the previous call to the DescribeInstanceTypes operation. You do not need to specify this parameter for the first request.	e71d8a535bd9cc11

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The information about the queried instance types.
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	00827261-20B7-4562-83F2-4DF39876A45A
InstanceTypes	array<object>	Details about the instance types.
InstanceType	object	Details about the instance type.
EniTotalQuantity	integer	The maximum number of ENIs, including primary, secondary, and trunk ENIs. Note This parameter is in invitational preview and is not publicly available.	0
LocalStorageCategory	string	The category of local disks. For more information, see Local disks. Valid values: local_hdd_pro: local SATA HDDs, which are attached to d1ne or d1 instances local_ssd_pro: local NVMe SSDs, which are attached to i2, i2g, i1, ga1, or gn5 instances	local_ssd_pro
PrimaryEniQueueNumber	integer	The default number of queues per primary ENI.	4
MemorySize	float	The memory size. Unit: GiB	16
LocalStorageCapacity	long	The capacity of each local disk. Unit: GiB	5000
InstanceFamilyLevel	string	The level of the instance family. Valid values: EntryLevel: entry level (shared). EnterpriseLevel: enterprise level. CreditEntryLevel: credit-based entry level. For more information, see Overview .	EnterpriseLevel
InstancePpsRx	long	The inbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps.	500000
EniIpv6AddressQuantity	integer	The maximum number of IPv6 addresses per ENI.	1
MaximumQueueNumberPerEni	integer	The maximum number of queues per ENI, including primary and secondary ENIs.	4
InstanceTypeId	string	The ID of the instance type.	ecs.g6.large
InstanceBandwidthRx	integer	The maximum inbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.	1024000
SecondaryEniQueueNumber	integer	The default number of queues per secondary ENI.	4
GPUSpec	string	The GPU model.	NVIDIA V100
InstanceBandwidthTx	integer	The maximum outbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.	1024000
QueuePairNumber	integer	The maximum number of QPs per instance, which varies based on the instance type. For enterprise-level CPU-based instance types, the value of `QueuePairNumber` is the maximum number of QPs per instance. For GPU-accelerated instance types, the maximum number of QPs per instance is calculated by using the following formula: Value of `QueuePairNumber` × Value of NetworkCardQuantity.	22
EriQuantity	integer	The number of ERIs. Note This parameter is in invitational preview and is not publicly available.	0
GPUAmount	integer	The number of GPUs.	0
TotalEniQueueQuantity	integer	The maximum number of queues on ENIs that the instance type supports.	12
NvmeSupport	string	Indicates whether cloud disks can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. Valid values: required: Cloud disks can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. unsupported: Cloud disks cannot be attached by using the NVMe protocol.	unsupported
DiskQuantity	integer	The maximum number of cloud disks per instance.	17
InitialCredit	integer	The initial vCPU credits per t5 or t6 burstable instance.	120
LocalStorageAmount	integer	The number of local disks per instance.	1
BaselineCredit	integer	The baseline vCPU computing performance (overall baseline performance of all vCPUs) per t5 or t6 burstable instance.	4
InstancePpsTx	long	The outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps.	500000
EniPrivateIpAddressQuantity	integer	The maximum number of IPv4 addresses per ENI.	10
CpuCoreCount	integer	The number of vCPUs.	4
InstanceTypeFamily	string	The instance family.	ecs.g6
EniQuantity	integer	The maximum number of ENIs per instance.	3
EniTrunkSupported	boolean	Indicates whether trunk ENIs are supported. Note This parameter is in invitational preview and is not publicly available.	true
CpuSpeedFrequency	float	The CPU base frequency. Unit: GHz.	2.7
CpuTurboFrequency	float	The CPU turbo frequency. Unit: GHz.	3.5
PhysicalProcessorModel	string	The CPU model.	Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B
NetworkEncryptionSupport	boolean	Indicates whether to allow network traffic transmitted over virtual private clouds (VPCs) to be encrypted. Valid values: true false	true
InstanceCategory	string	The category of the instance type. Valid values: General-purpose Compute-optimized Memory-optimized Big data Local SSDs High Clock Speed Enhanced Shared Compute-optimized with GPU Visual Compute-optimized Heterogeneous Service Compute-optimized with FPGA Compute-optimized with NPU ECS Bare Metal Super Computing Cluster High Performance Compute	Big data
CpuArchitecture	string	The CPU architecture. Valid values: X86 ARM	X86
GPUMemorySize	float	The amount of GPU memory per GPU. Unit: GiB	32
NetworkCardQuantity	integer	The maximum number of network cards that the instance type supports.	1
NetworkCards	array<object>	The information about the network cards.
NetworkCardInfo	object	The information about the network card.
NetworkCardIndex	integer	The index of the network card.	1
SupportedBootModes	array	The boot modes supported by the instance type.
SupportedBootMode	string	The boot mode. Valid values: BIOS UEFI	BIOS
EnhancedNetwork	object	Note This parameter is not publicly available.
SriovSupport	boolean	Note This parameter is not publicly available.	true
VfQueueNumberPerEni	integer	Note This parameter is not publicly available.	5
RssSupport	boolean	Note This parameter is not publicly available.	true
CpuOptions	object	The CPU options.
SupportedTopologyTypes	array	The CPU topology types of the instance type.
SupportedTopologyType	string	The CPU topology type of the instance type. Valid values: ContinuousCoreToHTMapping: The Hyper-Threading (HT) technology allows continuous threads to run on the same core. DiscreteCoreToHTMapping: The HT technology allows discrete threads to run on the same core.	ContinuousCoreToHTMapping
ThreadsPerCore	integer	The number of threads per CPU core. Note `If the value of CpuOptions.ThreadPerCore is 1, Hyper-Threading (HT) is disabled.`	2
Core	integer	The number of CPU cores.	2
CoreFactor	integer	The CPU option step size.	2
HyperThreadingAdjustable	boolean	Indicates whether HT can be enabled or disabled.	true
JumboFrameSupport	boolean	Indicates whether jumbo frames are supported.	true
NextToken	string	The query token returned in this call.	e71d8a535bd9cc11

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

            
            
          
{
  "RequestId": "00827261-20B7-4562-83F2-4DF39876A45A",
  "InstanceTypes": {
    "InstanceType": [
      {
        "EniTotalQuantity": 0,
        "LocalStorageCategory": "local_ssd_pro",
        "PrimaryEniQueueNumber": 4,
        "MemorySize": 16,
        "LocalStorageCapacity": 5000,
        "InstanceFamilyLevel": "EnterpriseLevel",
        "InstancePpsRx": 500000,
        "EniIpv6AddressQuantity": 1,
        "MaximumQueueNumberPerEni": 4,
        "InstanceTypeId": "ecs.g6.large",
        "InstanceBandwidthRx": 1024000,
        "SecondaryEniQueueNumber": 4,
        "GPUSpec": "NVIDIA V100",
        "InstanceBandwidthTx": 1024000,
        "QueuePairNumber": 22,
        "EriQuantity": 0,
        "GPUAmount": 0,
        "TotalEniQueueQuantity": 12,
        "NvmeSupport": "unsupported",
        "DiskQuantity": 17,
        "InitialCredit": 120,
        "LocalStorageAmount": 1,
        "BaselineCredit": 4,
        "InstancePpsTx": 500000,
        "EniPrivateIpAddressQuantity": 10,
        "CpuCoreCount": 4,
        "InstanceTypeFamily": "ecs.g6",
        "EniQuantity": 3,
        "EniTrunkSupported": true,
        "CpuSpeedFrequency": 2.7,
        "CpuTurboFrequency": 3.5,
        "PhysicalProcessorModel": "Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B",
        "NetworkEncryptionSupport": true,
        "InstanceCategory": "Big data",
        "CpuArchitecture": "X86",
        "GPUMemorySize": 32,
        "NetworkCardQuantity": 1,
        "NetworkCards": {
          "NetworkCardInfo": [
            {
              "NetworkCardIndex": 1
            }
          ]
        },
        "SupportedBootModes": {
          "SupportedBootMode": [
            "BIOS"
          ]
        },
        "EnhancedNetwork": {
          "SriovSupport": true,
          "VfQueueNumberPerEni": 5,
          "RssSupport": true
        },
        "CpuOptions": {
          "SupportedTopologyTypes": {
            "SupportedTopologyType": [
              "ContinuousCoreToHTMapping"
            ]
          },
          "ThreadsPerCore": 2,
          "Core": 2,
          "CoreFactor": 2,
          "HyperThreadingAdjustable": true
        },
        "JumboFrameSupport": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "NextToken": "e71d8a535bd9cc11"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change time	Summary of changes	Operation

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2025-01-09	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2024-11-25	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2024-10-31	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2024-07-03	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2024-04-24	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2024-04-12	The request parameters of the API has changed	View Change Details
2022-12-19	The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2022-09-07	The request parameters of the API has changed. The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details