r7i.metal-48xlvsr8i.metal-48xl

r7i.metal-48xl is 5% cheaper than r8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $463.92 a month.

At a glancer7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$12.701/hr5% less$13.336/hr
Lowest rate$1.946/hr15% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.276/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite 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.

Optionr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl vs r7i.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$12.701$13.336▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted85% off$1.94683% off$2.276▲ 17%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$8.402——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$5.761——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$9.20228% off$9.662▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$6.62548% off$6.957▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$12.701 vs $13.336 per hour
5% cheaper
Max EBS volumes79 vs 64
23% higher
Where r8i.metal-48xl leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

15 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
Networking5 of 8 differr7i.metal-48xlr8i.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
Storage6 of 11 differr7i.metal-48xlr8i.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 volumes7964
Instance details1 of 9 differr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xl
Familyr7ir8i
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 r7i.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7i.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$12.701$13.336▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$12.701$13.336▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$12.701$13.336▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$13.023$13.674▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$13.104$13.76▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$13.104$13.76▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$13.507$14.183▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$13.91$14.606▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$14.112$14.818▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$14.213$14.923▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$14.213$14.923▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$14.918$15.664▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$14.918$15.664▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$14.918$15.664▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$15.221$15.982▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$15.221$15.982▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$15.221$15.982▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$15.322$16.088▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$15.322$16.088▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$15.322$16.088▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$15.322$16.088▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$15.982$16.781▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$20.261$21.274▲ 5%

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