r4.8xlargevsr5.8xlarge

r5.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than r4.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $81.76 a month.

At a glancer4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
On-demand$2.128/hr$2.016/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.6055/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.421/hr30% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 244 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
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.

Optionr4.8xlarger5.8xlarger5.8xlarge vs r4.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.128$2.016▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.605579% off$0.421▼ 30%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.34437% off$1.27▼ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.915857% off$0.871▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.54628% off$1.461▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment51% off$1.05348% off$1.052Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r4.8xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Network baseline12 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
20% higher
Where r5.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.016 vs $2.128 per hour
5% cheaper
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
35% higher
Memory (GiB)256 vs 244
5% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU97128
Memory1 of 1 differr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)244256
Networking2 of 8 differr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps10 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage9 of 11 differr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput6000 Mbps6800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth7,000 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth7,000 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput875 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS max throughput875 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS37,50030,000
EBS max IOPS37,50030,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differr4.8xlarger5.8xlarge
Familyr4r5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
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 r4.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr4.8xlarger5.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.128$2.016▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.128$2.016▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.128$2.016▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.192$2.08▼ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.336$2.208▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.371$2.256▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.371$2.24▼ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.496$2.368▼ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.496$2.368▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.554$2.416▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.554$2.416▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.56$2.432▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.56$2.432▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.56$2.432▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.56$2.432▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.561$2.432▼ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.48$3.216▼ 28%

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