r7i.xlargevsr7iz.xlarge

r7i.xlarge is 29% cheaper than r7iz.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $78.40 a month.

At a glancer7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
On-demand$0.2646/hr29% less$0.372/hr
Lowest rate$0.0912/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1209/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel 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.

Optionr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarger7iz.xlarge vs r7i.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.2646$0.372▲ 41%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.091268% off$0.1209▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.17537% off$0.2344▲ 34%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.1259% off$0.1535▲ 28%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.191727% off$0.2703▲ 41%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.13853% off$0.1764▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.2646 vs $0.372 per hour
29% cheaper
Where r7iz.xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth1,584 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
27% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

7 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire 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 AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 8 matchr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.562 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage3 of 11 differr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,584 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s198 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,667
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differr7i.xlarger7iz.xlarge
Familyr7ir7iz
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7i.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7i.xlarger7iz.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.2646$0.372▲ 41%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.2646$0.372▲ 41%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.2646$0.372▲ 41%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.2961$0.416▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3192$0.454▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.3192$0.45▲ 41%

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