r8a.8xlarge

r8a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.556 per hour on demand ($1,866.03 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.6218 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 savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.556$0.6218$1.852$1.333
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.556$0.6544$1.852$1.333
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.556$0.7455$1.852$1.333
Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2$2.775–$2.011$1.448
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.80$0.8349$2.024$1.454
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$2.86$0.4674$2.072$1.492
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.86$1.196$2.072$1.492
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.083$1.09$2.234$1.609
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.083$1.088$2.234$1.609
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$2.556––
Ubuntu Pro$2.612––
SUSE$2.681––
RHEL$2.902––
Linux SQL Web$3.097––
RHEL HA$3.35––
RHEL SQL Web$3.443––
Windows$4.028––
Windows SQL Web$4.569––
Linux SQL Std$6.396––
RHEL SQL Std$6.742––
RHEL HA SQL Std$7.19––
Windows SQL Std$7.868––
Linux SQL Ent$14.556––
RHEL SQL Ent$14.902––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$15.35––
Windows SQL Ent$16.028––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores32
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network15 Gbps
Network baseline15 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces10
IPv4 addresses per interface40
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 typer8a.8xlarge
Familyr8a
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 r8a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r8a.medium18$0.0799
r8a.large216$0.1598
r8a.xlarge432$0.3195
r8a.2xlarge864$0.639
r8a.4xlarge16128$1.278
r8a.8xlarge32256$2.556
r8a.12xlarge48384$3.834
r8a.16xlarge64512$5.112
r8a.24xlarge96768$7.668
r8a.metal-24xl96768$7.668
r8a.48xlarge1921536$15.337
r8a.metal-48xl1921536$15.337

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