i4g.8xlargevsi8g.8xlarge

i4g.8xlarge is 10% cheaper than i8g.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $200.46 a month.

At a glancei4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
On-demand$2.471/hr10% less$2.746/hr
Lowest rate$0.9114/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9805/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioni4g.8xlargei8g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge vs i4g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.911464% off$0.9805▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$1.604——
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$1.143——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment22% off$1.92422% off$2.136▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$1.37245% off$1.523▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i4g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.471 vs $2.746 per hour
10% cheaper
Where i8g.8xlarge leads
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 18.75 Gbps
33% higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 25
28% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
12% higher

Specs

9 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differi4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchi4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differi4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
Network18750 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline18.75 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage2 of 12 differi4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
Storage2 x 3750 SSD2 x 3750GB
Local disks2 × 3,750 GB SSD2 × 3,750 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2532
Instance details1 of 10 differi4g.8xlargei8g.8xlarge
Familyi4gi8g
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i4g.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni4g.8xlargei8g.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.723$3.026▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.723$3.026▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.962$3.291▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.962$3.291▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.946$4.384▲ 11%

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