d2.8xlarge
d2.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 36 vCPUs, 244 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.52 per hour on demand ($4,029.60 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.216 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $1.431 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $5.52 | $1.431 | $3.216 | – | $3.333 | $2.894 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $5.52 | $0.6631 | $3.216 | – | $3.333 | $2.894 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $5.52 | $0.9986 | $3.216 | – | $3.333 | $2.894 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $5.584 | $0.5584 | $3.049 | $2.231 | $3.506 | $2.82 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $5.88 | $1.406 | $3.576 | – | $3.692 | $3.218 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $6.072 | $0.9055 | $3.541 | – | $3.666 | $3.187 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $6.174 | $0.6202 | $3.753 | – | $3.878 | $3.378 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $6.176 | $1.063 | $3.372 | $2.468 | $3.878 | $3.119 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $6.176 | $0.6506 | $3.37 | – | $3.876 | $2.839 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $6.25 | $0.732 | $3.931 | – | $4.074 | $3.538 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $6.352 | $1.065 | $3.856 | – | $3.988 | $3.47 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $6.468 | $4.299 | $3.532 | $2.585 | $4.061 | $3.267 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $6.612 | $0.9516 | $3.898 | – | $3.994 | $3.508 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $6.624 | – | $3.478 | $2.175 | $3.999 | $3.213 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $6.624 | – | $3.863 | – | $3.999 | $3.477 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $6.752 | $1.124 | $4.232 | – | $4.403 | $3.809 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $6.752 | $0.6752 | $4.23 | – | $4.403 | $3.807 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $6.752 | $3.612 | – | – | – | – |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $6.96 | $0.8484 | $4.104 | – | $4.202 | $3.694 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $6.96 | $1.612 | $4.104 | – | $4.202 | $3.694 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $7.00 | $0.7152 | $3.822 | $2.797 | $4.395 | $3.535 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $7.656 | $2.381 | $4.019 | $2.968 | $4.622 | $3.751 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $5.52 | $3.216 | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $5.583 | – | – |
| SUSE | $5.62 | $3.253 | – |
| RHEL | $5.909 | $3.287 | – |
| Windows | $6.198 | $3.30 | – |
| RHEL HA | $6.413 | $3.791 | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $19.02 | $16.398 | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $19.409 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $19.913 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $20.676 | $18.375 | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 36 |
| Physical cores | 18 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 2.4 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.4 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| ECU | 116 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 244 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 10 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | No |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 30 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 24 x 2000 HDD |
| Local disks | 24 × 2,048 GB HDD |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | No |
| EBS throughput | 4000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 4,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 4,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 500 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 500 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 32,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 32,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 40 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | d2.8xlarge |
| Family | d2 |
| Category | Storage optimized |
| Current generation | No |
| Normalization factor | 64 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Xen |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS |
Compare d2.8xlarge
Other generations
Other d2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| d2.xlarge | 4 | 30.5 | $0.69 |
| d2.2xlarge | 8 | 61 | $1.38 |
| d2.4xlarge | 16 | 122 | $2.76 |
| d2.8xlarge | 36 | 244 | $5.52 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.