r8i.8xlargevsr8ib.8xlarge

r8i.8xlarge is 34% cheaper than r8ib.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $820.88 a month.

At a glancer8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
On-demand$2.223/hr34% less$3.347/hr
Lowest rate$0.6354/hr40% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.056/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge vs r8i.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.223$3.347▲ 51%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.635468% off$1.056▲ 66%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.6128% off$2.425▲ 51%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.15953% off$1.562▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.223 vs $3.347 per hour
34% cheaper
Max network interfaces10 vs 8
25% higher
Where r8ib.8xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS120,000 vs 40,000
3× higher
Network baseline33.333 Gbps vs 15 Gbps
2.2× higher

Specs

12 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking4 of 8 differr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
Network15000 Megabit33.33 Gigabit
Network baseline15 Gbps33.333 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps33.333 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces108
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000120,000
EBS max IOPS40,000120,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlarge
Familyr8ir8ib
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8i.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8i.8xlarger8ib.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.223$3.347▲ 51%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.223$3.347▲ 51%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.223$3.347▲ 51%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.47$4.017▲ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.487$3.752▲ 51%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.487$3.752▲ 51%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.681$4.066▲ 52%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.681$3.999▲ 49%

Keep exploring

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

r8i.8xlargeMemory optimized, r8i family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.