d3.8xlargevsd3en.8xlarge

d3.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than d3en.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $153.52 a month.

At a glanced3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
On-demand$3.995/hr5% less$4.206/hr
Lowest rate$1.152/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.879/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)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.

Optiond3.8xlarged3en.8xlarged3en.8xlarge vs d3.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.995$4.206▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$1.15279% off$0.879▼ 24%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.51737% off$2.65▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.72657% off$1.817▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$3.02124% off$3.18▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.07148% off$2.18▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where d3.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.995 vs $4.206 per hour
5% cheaper
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher
Where d3en.8xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes11 vs 3
3.7× higher
Network baseline50 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
2× higher

Specs

9 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchd3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differd3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256128
Networking4 of 8 differd3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
Network25 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces34
IPv4 addresses per interface2020
Storage3 of 12 differd3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
Storage24 x 2000 HDD16 x 14000 HDD
Local disks24 × 1,980 GB HDD16 × 13,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00030,000
EBS max IOPS30,00030,000
Max EBS volumes311
Instance details1 of 10 differd3.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
Familyd3d3en
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for d3.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiond3.8xlarged3en.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.995$4.206▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.995$4.206▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.875$5.131▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.008$5.272▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.008$5.272▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.264$5.542▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.793$6.098▲ 5%

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