r8g.mediumvsr8gb.medium

r8g.medium is 35% cheaper than r8gb.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $23.51 a month.

At a glancer8g.mediumr8gb.medium
On-demand$0.0589/hr35% less$0.0911/hr
Lowest rate$0.0125/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0122/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 8 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.mediumr8gb.mediumr8gb.medium vs r8g.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0589$0.0911▲ 55%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.012587% off$0.0122▼ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.039——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.0267——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.042728% off$0.066▲ 55%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.030753% off$0.0425▲ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0589 vs $0.0911 per hour
35% cheaper
Where r8gb.medium leads
EBS baseline throughput195.313 MB/s vs 39.375 MB/s
5× higher
Network baseline2.083 Gbps vs 0.52 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4% higher

Specs

12 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differr8g.mediumr8gb.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr8g.mediumr8gb.medium
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differr8g.mediumr8gb.medium
NetworkUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 16.667 Gigabit
Network baseline0.52 Gbps2.083 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps16.667 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage7 of 11 differr8g.mediumr8gb.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 GbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5007,500
EBS max IOPS40,000120,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differr8g.mediumr8gb.medium
Familyr8gr8gb
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8g.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8g.mediumr8gb.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0589$0.0911▲ 55%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0589$0.0911▲ 55%

Keep exploring

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

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