r8g.largevsr9g.large

r8g.large is 8% cheaper than r9g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.74 a month.

At a glancer8g.larger9g.large
On-demand$0.1178/hr8% less$0.1284/hr
Lowest rate$0.0354/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0362/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 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.larger9g.larger9g.large vs r8g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1178$0.1284▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.035472% off$0.0362▲ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.0779——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.0534——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.085428% off$0.093▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.061548% off$0.067▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8g.large leads
On-demand price$0.1178 vs $0.1284 per hour
8% cheaper
Where r9g.large leads
IPv4 addresses per interface20 vs 10
2× higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth760 Mbps vs 630 Mbps
21% higher

Specs

14 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differr8g.larger9g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr8g.larger9g.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking4 of 8 differr8g.larger9g.large
NetworkUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps1 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1020
Storage6 of 11 differr8g.larger9g.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 GbpsUp to 12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps760 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps12,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s95 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00048,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differr8g.larger9g.large
Familyr8gr9g
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 r8g.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8g.larger9g.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1178$0.1284▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1178$0.1284▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1178$0.1284▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1421$0.1549▲ 9%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r8g.largeMemory optimized, r8g family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.