r7a.metal-48xlvsr8a.metal-48xl

r7a.metal-48xl is 5% cheaper than r8a.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $533.34 a month.

At a glancer7a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
On-demand$14.606/hr5% less$15.337/hr
Lowest rate$2.887/hrSpot, can be interrupted$2.753/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 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.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl vs r7a.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$14.606$15.337▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$2.88782% off$2.753▼ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$9.662——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$6.625——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$10.58228% off$11.112▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$7.61948% off$8.00▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7a.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$14.606 vs $15.337 per hour
5% cheaper
Where r8a.metal-48xl leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz vs Up to 3.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

14 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differr7a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
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.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
Networking5 of 8 differr7a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
Network50000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage5 of 11 differr7a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7979
Instance details1 of 9 differr7a.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xl
Familyr7ar8a
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-48xlr8a.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$14.606$15.337▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$14.606$15.337▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$14.606$15.337▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$16.345$17.162▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$16.345$17.162▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$17.62$18.501▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$17.62$18.501▲ 5%

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