r6in.24xlargevsr8in.24xlarge

r6in.24xlarge is 17% cheaper than r8in.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,221.87 a month.

At a glancer6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
On-demand$8.368/hr17% less$10.042/hr
Lowest rate$1.502/hr60% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.718/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.

Optionr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge vs r6in.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.368$10.042▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$1.50263% off$3.718▲ 148%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$5.272——
3-yr reservedNo upfront60% off$3.388——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$6.06328% off$7.275▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$3.90453% off$4.685▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6in.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.368 vs $10.042 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth75,000 Mbps vs 30,000 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where r8in.24xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes64 vs 27
2.4× higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
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 matchr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking3 of 8 differr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
Network150000 Megabit150 Gigabit
Network baseline150 Gbps150 Gbps
Network peak150 Gbps150 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage8 of 11 differr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput75000 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth75,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth75,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput9,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput9,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS300,000120,000
EBS max IOPS300,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2764
Instance details1 of 10 differr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlarge
Familyr6inr8in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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 r6in.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6in.24xlarger8in.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.368$10.042▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.368$10.042▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.368$10.042▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.379$11.255▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.996$11.996▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.165$12.198▲ 20%

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