r8a.xlarge

r8a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3195 per hour on demand ($233.24 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0756 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$0.3195$0.0756$0.2315$0.1667
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3195$0.0851$0.2315$0.1667
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3195$0.1016$0.2315$0.1667
Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2$0.3469–$0.2513$0.181
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.3499$0.1049$0.253$0.1817
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.3575$0.0385$0.259$0.1865
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.3575$0.1694$0.259$0.1865
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.3854$0.1204$0.2793$0.2011
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.3854$0.1339$0.2793$0.2011
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$0.3195––
Ubuntu Pro$0.3265––
SUSE$0.3758––
RHEL$0.3771––
Linux SQL Web$0.3871––
RHEL SQL Web$0.4447––
RHEL HA$0.4471––
Windows$0.5035––
Windows SQL Web$0.5711––
Linux SQL Std$0.7995––
RHEL SQL Std$0.8571––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.9271––
Windows SQL Std$0.9835––
Linux SQL Ent$1.819––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.877––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.947––
Windows SQL Ent$2.003––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores4
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer8a.xlarge
Familyr8a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.