r8gd.24xlargevsr9gd.24xlarge

r8gd.24xlarge is 8% cheaper than r9gd.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $463.19 a month.

At a glancer8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
On-demand$7.054/hr8% less$7.689/hr
Lowest rate$2.036/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.877/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.

Optionr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge vs r8gd.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$7.054$7.689▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$2.03676% off$1.877▼ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$5.11827% off$5.578▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$3.62449% off$3.95▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8gd.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$7.054 vs $7.689 per hour
8% cheaper
Where r9gd.24xlarge leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth36,000 Mbps vs 30,000 Mbps
20% higher

Specs

17 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores9696
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 matchr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking6 of 8 differr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
Network40 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Network baseline40 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage7 of 12 differr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
Storage3 x 1900 NVMe SSD3 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks3 × 1,900 GB SSD3 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput30000 Mbps36000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps36,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps36,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s4,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s4,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000144,000
EBS max IOPS120,000144,000
Max EBS volumes6464
Instance details1 of 10 differr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlarge
Familyr8gdr9gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8gd.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8gd.24xlarger9gd.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.054$7.689▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.054$7.689▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.054$7.689▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.475$9.238▲ 9%

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