r6id.xlargevsr8id.xlarge

r6id.xlarge is 9% cheaper than r8id.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $22.05 a month.

At a glancer6id.xlarger8id.xlarge
On-demand$0.3024/hr9% less$0.3326/hr
Lowest rate$0.1189/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.084/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger8id.xlarger8id.xlarge vs r6id.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.3024$0.3326▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.118975% off$0.084▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.1901——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.1307——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.219427% off$0.2413▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.155449% off$0.1709▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6id.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.3024 vs $0.3326 per hour
9% cheaper
Where r8id.xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface30 vs 15
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

8 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr6id.xlarger8id.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlarger8id.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking2 of 8 differr6id.xlarger8id.xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.562 Gbps1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1530
Storage1 of 12 differr6id.xlarger8id.xlarge
Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 237 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details1 of 10 differr6id.xlarger8id.xlarge
Familyr6idr8id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6id.xlarger8id.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.3024$0.3326▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.3024$0.3326▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.3024$0.3326▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.3106$0.3416▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.3172$0.3489▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.336$0.3696▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.336$0.3696▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.348$0.3828▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.3549$0.3904▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.3633$0.3996▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3654$0.4019▲ 10%

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