d3.8xlarge

d3.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.995 per hour on demand ($2,916.71 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.517 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $1.152 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$3.995$1.152$2.517$1.726$3.021$2.071
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.995$1.108$2.517$1.726$3.021$2.071
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.995$0.8518$2.517$1.726$3.021$2.071
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$4.189$0.6251$2.639$1.81$3.167$2.172
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$4.401$0.5995$2.773$1.901$3.327$2.281
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.788–$3.016$2.068$3.62$2.482
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.875$1.035$3.071$2.106$3.685$2.527
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$5.008$0.9255$3.155$2.163$3.786$2.596
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$5.008$0.8779$3.155$2.163$3.786$2.596
EU (London) eu-west-2$5.118$0.5755$3.224$2.211$3.869$2.653
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$5.118$0.7104$3.224$2.211$3.869$2.653
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$5.118$0.5226$3.224$2.211$3.869$2.653
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$5.264$1.343$3.317$2.274$3.98$2.729
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$5.791$1.011$3.648$2.502$4.378$3.002
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.793$0.5793$3.65$2.503$4.38$3.003
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$3.995$2.517$1.726
Ubuntu Pro$4.051––
SUSE$4.12$2.577$1.78
RHEL$4.341$2.863$2.072
Linux SQL Web$4.536$3.058$2.267
RHEL HA$4.789$3.311$2.52
RHEL SQL Web$4.882––
Windows$5.468$3.989$3.198
Windows SQL Web$6.008$4.53$3.739
Linux SQL Std$7.835$6.357$5.566
RHEL SQL Std$8.181––
RHEL HA SQL Std$8.629––
Windows SQL Std$9.307$7.829$7.038
Linux SQL Ent$15.995$14.517$13.726
RHEL SQL Ent$16.341––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$16.789––
Windows SQL Ent$17.468$15.989$15.198

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
Storage24 x 2000 HDD
Local disks24 × 1,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s
EBS max throughput625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000
EBS max IOPS30,000
Max EBS volumes3
Instance detailsValue
Instance typed3.8xlarge
Familyd3
CategoryStorage optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare d3.8xlarge

With or without local disk and networking

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Other generations

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Other d3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
d3.xlarge432$0.499
d3.2xlarge864$0.999
d3.4xlarge16128$1.998
d3.8xlarge32256$3.995

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.