d2.8xlargevsd3.8xlarge

d3.8xlarge is 28% cheaper than d2.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,112.88 a month. Per vCPU, d3.8xlarge costs 19% less.

At a glanced2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
On-demand$5.52/hr$3.995/hr28% less
Lowest rate$1.431/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.152/hr19% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size36 vCPUs, 244 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optiond2.8xlarged3.8xlarged3.8xlarge vs d2.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.52$3.995▼ 28%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$1.43171% off$1.152▼ 19%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$3.21637% off$2.517▼ 22%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—57% off$1.726—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment40% off$3.33324% off$3.021▼ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.89448% off$2.071▼ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where d2.8xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 3
13.3× higher
Max network interfaces8 vs 3
2.7× higher
vCPUs36 vs 32
13% higher
Where d3.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.995 vs $5.52 per hour
28% cheaper
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
2.5× higher
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
29% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps vs 4,000 Mbps
25% higher

Specs

29 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differd2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
vCPUs3632
Physical cores1816
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU116–
Memory1 of 1 differd2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)244256
Networking6 of 8 differd2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline10 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces83
IPv4 addresses per interface3020
Storage10 of 12 differd2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Storage24 x 2000 HDD24 x 2000 HDD
Local disks24 × 2,048 GB HDD24 × 1,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput4000 Mbps5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput500 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput500 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS32,00030,000
EBS max IOPS32,00030,000
Max EBS volumes403
Instance details5 of 10 differd2.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Familyd2d3
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for d2.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiond2.8xlarged3.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.52$3.995▼ 28%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.52$3.995▼ 28%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.52$3.995▼ 28%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.88$4.875▼ 17%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.072$4.401▼ 28%
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.174$5.118▼ 17%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$6.176$5.118▼ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.352$5.264▼ 17%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$6.612$4.189▼ 37%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$6.624$4.788▼ 28%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.752$5.793▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$6.96$5.008▼ 28%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.96$5.008▼ 28%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.