r8i.96xlargevsr8in.96xlarge

r8i.96xlarge is 34% cheaper than r8in.96xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $9,850.47 a month.

At a glancer8i.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
On-demand$26.673/hr34% less$40.166/hr
Lowest rate$5.309/hr55% lessSpot, can be interrupted$11.822/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size384 vCPUs, 3072 GiB384 vCPUs, 3072 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.96xlarger8in.96xlarger8in.96xlarge vs r8i.96xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$26.673$40.166▲ 51%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$5.30971% off$11.822▲ 123%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$19.32428% off$29.101▲ 51%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$13.91453% off$18.74▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8i.96xlarge leads
On-demand price$26.673 vs $40.166 per hour
34% cheaper
Where r8in.96xlarge leads
Network baseline600 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
6× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth120,000 Mbps vs 80,000 Mbps
50% higher

Specs

10 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchr8i.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
vCPUs384384
Physical cores192192
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.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
Memory (GiB)3,0723,072
Networking4 of 9 differr8i.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
Network100000 Megabit600 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps600 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps600 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
Network cards–2
Storage5 of 11 differr8i.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput80000 Mbps120000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth80,000 Mbps120,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth80,000 Mbps120,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput10,000 MB/s15,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput10,000 MB/s15,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS480,000480,000
EBS max IOPS480,000480,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differr8i.96xlarger8in.96xlarge
Familyr8ir8in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor768768
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.96xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr8i.96xlarger8in.96xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$26.673$40.166▲ 51%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$26.673$40.166▲ 51%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$26.673$40.166▲ 51%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$29.635$48.20▲ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$29.846$45.018▲ 51%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$29.846$45.018▲ 51%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$32.175$48.791▲ 52%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$32.175$47.983▲ 49%

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