r3.8xlarge

r3.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 244 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.66 per hour on demand ($1,941.80 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.672 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5466 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is US East (Ohio) at $2.656 per hour.

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 (Ohio) us-east-2$2.656$0.6411$1.672–$1.733$1.505
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.66$0.5466$1.672–$1.733$1.505
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.66$0.799$1.672–$1.733$1.505
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.964$0.995$2.174$1.392$2.255$1.957
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.964$0.5864$2.174–$2.255$1.957
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$3.032$0.7837$2.31–$2.396$2.079
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.192$0.6693$2.386–$2.515$2.147
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$3.192$0.83$2.431–$2.512$2.188
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.192$1.089$2.386–$2.515$2.147
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.192$0.8983$2.386–$2.515$2.147
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$3.192–$2.006–$2.075$1.805
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.201$0.7733$2.341–$2.432$2.107
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$5.597$0.5597$4.268–$4.405$3.841
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$2.66$1.672–
SUSE$2.76$1.705–
RHEL$3.002$1.853–
Linux SQL Web$3.197$2.048–
RHEL HA$3.45$2.301–
Windows$3.50$1.989–
RHEL SQL Web$3.542––
Windows SQL Web$3.855$2.717–
Linux SQL Std$6.496$5.347–
RHEL SQL Std$6.842––
RHEL HA SQL Std$7.29––
Windows SQL Std$8.615$7.594–
Linux SQL Ent$14.656$13.507–
RHEL SQL Ent$15.002––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$15.45––
Windows SQL Ent$16.132$15.158–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU104
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)244
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 320 SSD
Local disks2 × 320 GB SSD
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer3.8xlarge
Familyr3
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r3.8xlarge

Other generations

vs r4.8xlarge

Other r3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r3.large215.25$0.166
r3.xlarge430.5$0.333
r3.2xlarge861$0.665
r3.4xlarge16122$1.33
r3.8xlarge32244$2.66

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