r4.8xlarge

r4.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 244 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.128 per hour on demand ($1,553.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.344 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.6055 per hour. It is sold in 17 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$2.128$0.6055$1.344$0.9158$1.546$1.053
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.128$0.4054$1.344$0.9158$1.546$1.053
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.128$0.5961$1.344$0.9162$1.546$1.053
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.192$0.5375$1.378$0.9501$1.585$1.093
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.336$0.642$1.478$1.002$1.70$1.153
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.371$0.8396$1.495$1.02$1.72$1.173
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.371$0.6029$1.495$1.02$1.72$1.173
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.496$0.5689$1.579$1.071$1.816$1.232
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.496$0.4669$1.576$1.084$1.812$1.246
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.554$0.8295$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.554–$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.56$0.6131$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$2.56$0.7508$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$2.56$0.7445$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.56$0.9247$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.561$0.7301$1.613$1.106$1.855$1.272
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$4.48$0.448$2.822$1.935$3.246$2.226
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$2.128$1.344$0.9158
Ubuntu Pro$2.184––
SUSE$2.228$1.377$0.9488
RHEL$2.474$1.69$1.261
Linux SQL Web$2.669$1.885$1.457
RHEL HA$2.922$2.138$1.709
RHEL SQL Web$3.014––
Windows$3.60$2.816$2.388
Windows SQL Web$4.164$3.38$2.952
Linux SQL Std$5.968$5.184$4.756
RHEL SQL Std$6.314––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.762––
Windows SQL Std$7.44$6.656$6.228
Linux SQL Ent$14.128$13.344$12.916
RHEL SQL Ent$14.474––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.922––
Windows SQL Ent$15.60$14.816$14.388

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU97
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)244
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput6000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth7,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth7,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput875 MB/s
EBS max throughput875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS37,500
EBS max IOPS37,500
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer4.8xlarge
Familyr4
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare r4.8xlarge

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Other generations

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Other r4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r4.large215.25$0.133
r4.xlarge430.5$0.266
r4.2xlarge861$0.532
r4.4xlarge16122$1.064
r4.8xlarge32244$2.128
r4.16xlarge64488$4.256

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