r7a.mediumvsr8a.medium

r7a.medium is 5% cheaper than r8a.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.77 a month.

At a glancer7a.mediumr8a.medium
On-demand$0.0761/hr5% less$0.0799/hr
Lowest rate$0.0171/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0162/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 8 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
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.

Optionr7a.mediumr8a.mediumr8a.medium vs r7a.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0761$0.0799▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.017180% off$0.0162▼ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.0503——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.0345——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.055128% off$0.0579▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.039748% off$0.0417▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7a.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0761 vs $0.0799 per hour
5% cheaper
Where r8a.medium leads
Network baseline0.52 Gbps vs 0.39 Gbps
33% higher
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz vs Up to 3.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

6 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differr7a.mediumr8a.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHzUp to 4.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7a.mediumr8a.medium
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 8 differr7a.mediumr8a.medium
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Network baseline0.39 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
StorageAll 11 matchr7a.mediumr8a.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth325 Mbps325 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput40.625 MB/s40.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differr7a.mediumr8a.medium
Familyr7ar8a
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7a.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7a.mediumr8a.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0761$0.0799▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0761$0.0799▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0761$0.0799▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0851$0.0894▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0851$0.0894▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0918$0.0964▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0918$0.0964▲ 5%

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