r8g.48xlargevsr8gb.48xlarge

r8g.48xlarge is 35% cheaper than r8gb.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,510.38 a month.

At a glancer8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
On-demand$11.311/hr35% less$17.489/hr
Lowest rate$2.671/hr45% lessSpot, can be interrupted$4.883/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 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.

Optionr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge vs r8g.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$11.311$17.489▲ 55%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$2.67172% off$4.883▲ 83%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$7.482——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$5.13——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$8.19528% off$12.671▲ 55%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$5.9053% off$8.16▲ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8g.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$11.311 vs $17.489 per hour
35% cheaper
Where r8gb.48xlarge leads
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
8× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth300,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
7.5× higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz2.7 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
Networking5 of 9 differr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
Network50 Gigabit400 Gigabit
Network baseline50 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps400 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards–2
Storage7 of 11 differr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps300000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps300,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps300,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s37,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s37,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,0001,440,000
EBS max IOPS240,0001,440,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlarge
Familyr8gr8gb
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8g.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8g.48xlarger8gb.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.311$17.489▲ 55%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.311$17.489▲ 55%

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