r7a.8xlarge

r7a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.434 per hour on demand ($1,777.11 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.61 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5711 per hour. It is sold in 9 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$2.434$0.5711$1.61$1.104$1.764$1.27
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.434$0.6569$1.61$1.104$1.764$1.27
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.434$0.8086$1.61$1.104$1.764$1.27
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$2.512$0.2512$1.653$1.139$1.812$1.304
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$2.589$0.3417$1.712$1.174$1.876$1.35
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$2.724$0.3046$1.802$1.236$1.974$1.421
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.724$1.153$1.802$1.236$1.974$1.421
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.937$0.948$1.943$1.332$2.128$1.532
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.937$0.7897$1.943$1.332$2.128$1.532
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$2.434$1.61$1.104
Ubuntu Pro$2.49––
SUSE$2.559$1.67$1.158
RHEL$2.78$1.956$1.45
Linux SQL Web$2.975$2.151$1.645
RHEL HA$3.228$2.404$1.898
RHEL SQL Web$3.321––
Windows$3.906$3.082$2.576
Windows SQL Web$4.447$3.623$3.117
Linux SQL Std$6.274$5.45$4.944
RHEL SQL Std$6.62––
RHEL HA SQL Std$7.068––
Windows SQL Std$7.746$6.922$6.416
Linux SQL Ent$14.434$13.61$13.104
RHEL SQL Ent$14.78––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$15.228––
Windows SQL Ent$15.906$15.082$14.576

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores32
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer7a.8xlarge
Familyr7a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r7a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r7a.medium18$0.0761
r7a.large216$0.1522
r7a.xlarge432$0.3043
r7a.2xlarge864$0.6086
r7a.4xlarge16128$1.217
r7a.8xlarge32256$2.434
r7a.12xlarge48384$3.652
r7a.16xlarge64512$4.869
r7a.24xlarge96768$7.303
r7a.32xlarge1281024$9.738
r7a.48xlarge1921536$14.606
r7a.metal-48xl1921536$14.606

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