r7a.metal-48xlvsr7i.metal-48xl

r7i.metal-48xl is 13% cheaper than r7a.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,391.09 a month.

At a glancer7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
On-demand$14.606/hr$12.701/hr13% less
Lowest rate$2.887/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.946/hr33% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire 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.

Optionr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl vs r7a.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$14.606$12.701▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$2.88785% off$1.946▼ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$9.66234% off$8.402▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$6.62555% off$5.761▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$10.58228% off$9.202▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$7.61948% off$6.625▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7a.metal-48xl leads
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Where r7i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$12.701 vs $14.606 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

8 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
NetworkingAll 8 matchr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
Network50000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7979
Instance details1 of 9 differr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xl
Familyr7ar7i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7a.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7a.metal-48xlr7i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$14.606$12.701▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$14.606$12.701▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$14.606$12.701▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$15.07$13.104▼ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$15.533$13.507▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$16.345$14.213▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$16.345$14.213▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$17.62$15.322▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$17.62$15.322▼ 13%

Keep exploring

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

r7a.metal-48xlMemory optimized, r7a family
r7a.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the r7a family

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r7i.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the r7i family

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