r7gd.largevsr8gd.large

r7gd.large is 7% cheaper than r8gd.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.96 a month.

At a glancer7gd.larger8gd.large
On-demand$0.1361/hr7% less$0.147/hr
Lowest rate$0.1273/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0492/hr61% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger8gd.larger8gd.large vs r7gd.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1361$0.147▲ 8%
SpotCan be interrupted6% off$0.127367% off$0.0492▼ 61%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.0855——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.0588——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.098727% off$0.1066▲ 8%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.069949% off$0.0755▲ 8%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7gd.large leads
On-demand price$0.1361 vs $0.147 per hour
7% cheaper
Where r8gd.large leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher
Clock speed2.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
8% higher

Specs

6 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differr7gd.larger8gd.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
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.larger8gd.large
Memory (GiB)1616
NetworkingAll 8 matchr7gd.larger8gd.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage2 of 12 differr7gd.larger8gd.large
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details1 of 10 differr7gd.larger8gd.large
Familyr7gdr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7gd.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7gd.larger8gd.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.088$0.095▲ 8%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1361$0.147▲ 8%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1361$0.147▲ 8%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1361$0.147▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.1398$0.1509▲ 8%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.1436$0.1551▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.148$0.1598▲ 8%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1493$0.1612▲ 8%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.1493$0.1612▲ 8%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1512$0.1633▲ 8%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1512$0.1633▲ 8%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1531$0.1653▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1566$0.1691▲ 8%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1588$0.1715▲ 8%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1597$0.1725▲ 8%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.1598$0.1725▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.1635$0.1766▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.1635$0.1766▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1635$0.1766▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1635$0.1766▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.1644$0.1776▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1644$0.1776▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1644$0.1776▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1644$0.1776▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.1654$0.1786▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.1796$0.1939▲ 8%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.1798$0.1942▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.2155$0.2327▲ 8%

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