r8a.large

r8a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1598 per hour on demand ($116.65 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0344 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$0.1598$0.0344$0.1158$0.0833
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1598$0.026$0.1158$0.0833
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1598$0.0505$0.1158$0.0833
Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2$0.1735–$0.1257$0.0905
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.175$0.0452$0.1265$0.0909
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.1788$0.0213$0.1295$0.0933
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1788$0.0632$0.1295$0.0933
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1927$0.0471$0.1396$0.1005
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1927$0.0615$0.1396$0.1005
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$0.1598––
Ubuntu Pro$0.1633––
RHEL$0.1886––
SUSE$0.2161––
RHEL HA$0.2236––
Linux SQL Web$0.2274––
Windows$0.2518––
RHEL SQL Web$0.2562––
Windows SQL Web$0.3194––
Linux SQL Std$0.6398––
RHEL SQL Std$0.6686––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.7036––
Windows SQL Std$0.7318––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer8a.large
Familyr8a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
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.