i4g.largevsi8g.large

i4g.large is 10% cheaper than i8g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $12.56 a month.

At a glancei4g.largei8g.large
On-demand$0.1544/hr10% less$0.1716/hr
Lowest rate$0.0322/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0333/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.largei8g.largei8g.large vs i4g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1544$0.1716▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.032281% off$0.0333▲ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$0.1002——
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$0.0714——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment22% off$0.120322% off$0.1335▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.085745% off$0.0952▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i4g.large leads
On-demand price$0.1544 vs $0.1716 per hour
10% cheaper
Where i8g.large leads
Network baseline1.172 Gbps vs 0.781 Gbps
50% higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
12% higher

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differi4g.largei8g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
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.largei8g.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 8 differi4g.largei8g.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps1.172 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage3 of 12 differi4g.largei8g.large
Storage1 x 468 SSD1 x 468GB
Local disks1 × 468 GB SSD1 × 468 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth625 Mbps625 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.125 MB/s78.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details1 of 10 differi4g.largei8g.large
Familyi4gi8g
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i4g.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni4g.largei8g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1544$0.1716▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1544$0.1716▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1544$0.1716▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1702$0.1891▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1702$0.1891▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1851$0.2057▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1851$0.2057▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.2466$0.274▲ 11%

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