r5b.xlargevsr8ib.xlarge

r5b.xlarge is 29% cheaper than r8ib.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $87.89 a month.

At a glancer5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
On-demand$0.298/hr29% less$0.4184/hr
Lowest rate$0.0957/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1227/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
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.

Optionr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarger8ib.xlarge vs r5b.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.298$0.4184▲ 40%
SpotCan be interrupted68% off$0.095771% off$0.1227▲ 28%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.1877——
3-yr reservedNo upfront59% off$0.1207——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.215928% off$0.3031▲ 40%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.13953% off$0.1952▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5b.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.298 vs $0.4184 per hour
29% cheaper
Where r8ib.xlarge leads
Network baseline4.166 Gbps vs 1.25 Gbps
3.3× higher
EBS max IOPS120,000 vs 43,333
2.8× higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
26% higher

Specs

18 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking4 of 8 differr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 20 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps4.166 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1530
Storage8 of 11 differr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 GbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps3,125 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s390.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS10,83315,000
EBS max IOPS43,333120,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details2 of 10 differr5b.xlarger8ib.xlarge
Familyr5br8ib
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5b.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5b.xlarger8ib.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.298$0.4184▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.298$0.4184▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.298$0.4184▲ 40%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.334$0.4689▲ 40%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.356$0.4998▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.362$0.5082▲ 40%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r5b.xlargeMemory optimized, r5b family
r5b.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r5b family

Compare r5b.xlarge with

r5.xlarge
r8ib.xlargeMemory optimized, r8ib family
r8ib.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r8ib family

Compare r8ib.xlarge with

r8i.xlargem8ib.xlargec8ib.xlarger8gb.xlarge

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