r6id.12xlargevsr8id.12xlarge

r6id.12xlarge is 9% cheaper than r8id.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $264.92 a month.

At a glancer6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
On-demand$3.629/hr9% less$3.992/hr
Lowest rate$2.671/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.9138/hr66% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice 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.

Optionr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge vs r6id.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.629$3.992▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted26% off$2.67177% off$0.9138▼ 66%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.281——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.568——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.63327% off$2.896▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.86449% off$2.051▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6id.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.629 vs $3.992 per hour
9% cheaper
Where r8id.12xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface50 vs 30
67% higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 25
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking5 of 8 differr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
Network18750 Megabit22500 Megabit
Network baseline18.75 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage3 of 12 differr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD1 x 2850 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,425 GB SSD1 × 2,850 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2532
Instance details1 of 10 differr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlarge
Familyr6idr8id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
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 r6id.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6id.12xlarger8id.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.629$3.992▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.629$3.992▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.629$3.992▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.727$4.10▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.806$4.187▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.032$4.435▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.032$4.435▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.176$4.594▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.259$4.685▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.36$4.796▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.385$4.823▲ 10%

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