r7gd.12xlargevsr8gd.12xlarge

r7gd.12xlarge is 7% cheaper than r8gd.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $190.60 a month.

At a glancer7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
On-demand$3.266/hr7% less$3.527/hr
Lowest rate$1.505/hr54% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.30/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge vs r7gd.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.266$3.527▲ 8%
SpotCan be interrupted54% off$1.5056% off$3.30▲ 119%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.053——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.411——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.36927% off$2.559▲ 8%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.67849% off$1.812▲ 8%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7gd.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.266 vs $3.527 per hour
7% cheaper
Where r8gd.12xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 25
28% higher
Clock speed2.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
8% higher

Specs

7 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 8 matchr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
Network22500 Megabit22500 Megabit
Network baseline22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage3 of 12 differr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD3 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,425 GB SSD3 × 950 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2532
Instance details1 of 10 differr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlarge
Familyr7gdr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7gd.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7gd.12xlarger8gd.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.112$2.281▲ 8%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.266$3.527▲ 8%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.266$3.527▲ 8%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.266$3.527▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.354$3.623▲ 8%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.447$3.723▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$3.551$3.836▲ 8%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.583$3.87▲ 8%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$3.583$3.87▲ 8%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.629$3.919▲ 8%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.629$3.919▲ 8%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.674$3.968▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.758$4.059▲ 8%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$3.81$4.115▲ 8%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.833$4.139▲ 8%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.834$4.141▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.924$4.237▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.924$4.237▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.925$4.239▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.925$4.237▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.946$4.262▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.946$4.262▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.946$4.262▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.946$4.262▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.969$4.287▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.309$4.654▲ 8%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.316$4.661▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.171$5.585▲ 8%

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