r8g.metal-48xlvsr9g.metal-48xl

r8g.metal-48xl is 8% cheaper than r9g.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $742.85 a month.

At a glancer8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
On-demand$11.311/hr8% less$12.328/hr
Lowest rate$1.131/hr48% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.173/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 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.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl vs r8g.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$11.311$12.328▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted90% off$1.13182% off$2.173▲ 92%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$7.482——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$5.13——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$8.19528% off$8.932▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$5.9048% off$6.431▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8g.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$11.311 vs $12.328 per hour
8% cheaper
Where r9g.metal-48xl leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth72,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
80% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

16 of 38 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)1,5361,536
Networking5 of 8 differr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
Network50 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline50 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage7 of 11 differr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps72000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps72,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps72,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s9,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s9,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000288,000
EBS max IOPS240,000288,000
Max EBS volumes7979
Instance details1 of 9 differr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
Familyr8gr9g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8g.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8g.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.311$12.328▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.311$12.328▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.311$12.328▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.643$14.872▲ 9%

Keep exploring

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

r8g.metal-48xlMemory optimized, r8g family
r8g.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the r8g family

Compare r8g.metal-48xl with

c8g.metal-48xlm8g.metal-48xlr8gd.metal-48xlr8i.metal-48xlr8a.metal-48xlr8gb.metal-48xlr8gn.metal-48xl
r9g.metal-48xlMemory optimized, r9g family
r9g.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the r9g family

Compare r9g.metal-48xl with

c9g.metal-48xlm9g.metal-48xlr9gd.metal-48xl

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