r8g.medium
r8g.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0589 per hour on demand ($43.00 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.039 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0125 per hour. It is sold in 33 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0413 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0413 | $0.017 | $0.0271 | $0.0187 | $0.0299 | $0.0214 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0413 | $0.0041 | $0.0272 | $0.0187 | $0.0298 | $0.0214 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0589 | $0.0125 | $0.039 | $0.0267 | $0.0427 | $0.0307 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0589 | $0.0176 | $0.039 | $0.0267 | $0.0427 | $0.0307 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0589 | $0.0257 | $0.039 | $0.0267 | $0.0427 | $0.0307 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0604 | $0.0346 | $0.04 | $0.0274 | $0.0438 | $0.0315 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0604 | $0.0237 | $0.04 | $0.0274 | $0.0438 | $0.0315 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0619 | – | $0.0409 | $0.0281 | $0.0448 | $0.0323 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0627 | $0.0074 | $0.0412 | $0.0285 | $0.0454 | $0.0327 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0645 | $0.0185 | $0.0428 | $0.0292 | $0.0466 | $0.0335 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0645 | $0.0196 | $0.0428 | $0.0292 | $0.0466 | $0.0335 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0654 | $0.0165 | $0.0433 | $0.0297 | $0.0474 | $0.0341 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0659 | $0.0096 | $0.0436 | $0.0299 | $0.0477 | $0.0343 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0659 | $0.0374 | $0.0436 | $0.0299 | $0.0478 | $0.0344 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.069 | $0.017 | $0.0458 | $0.0313 | $0.05 | $0.0359 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0692 | $0.0151 | $0.0459 | $0.0313 | $0.0501 | $0.0361 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0692 | $0.0192 | $0.0459 | $0.0313 | $0.0501 | $0.0361 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0706 | $0.0273 | $0.0466 | $0.0321 | $0.0511 | $0.0366 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0706 | $0.0246 | $0.0466 | $0.0321 | $0.0511 | $0.0366 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0706 | – | $0.0467 | $0.032 | $0.0512 | $0.0368 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0706 | – | $0.0467 | $0.032 | $0.0511 | $0.0368 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0711 | $0.0421 | $0.047 | $0.0322 | $0.0515 | $0.0371 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0711 | $0.0277 | $0.0469 | $0.0323 | $0.0515 | $0.0369 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0711 | $0.0298 | $0.0448 | $0.0307 | $0.0515 | $0.0371 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0711 | $0.0377 | $0.047 | $0.0322 | $0.0515 | $0.0371 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0711 | $0.0071 | $0.047 | $0.0322 | $0.0515 | $0.0371 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0711 | $0.0306 | $0.047 | $0.0322 | $0.0515 | $0.0371 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.0725 | $0.0184 | $0.048 | $0.0329 | $0.0525 | $0.0378 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0741 | – | – | – | $0.0536 | $0.0385 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0781 | – | $0.0515 | $0.0351 | $0.0569 | $0.0403 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0782 | $0.0198 | $0.0517 | $0.0355 | $0.0566 | $0.0408 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.0785 | $0.0302 | $0.0495 | $0.0339 | $0.0569 | $0.041 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0937 | $0.0101 | $0.0621 | $0.0426 | $0.068 | $0.0486 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0589 | $0.039 | $0.0267 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0607 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0733 | $0.0534 | $0.0411 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0908 | $0.0709 | $0.0586 |
| SUSE | $0.1152 | $0.064 | $0.0492 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.8 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.52 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10 Gbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8g.medium |
| Family | r8g |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
Compare r8g.medium
Compute and memory optimized
With or without local disk and networking
Other processors
Other generations
Other r8g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8g.medium | 1 | 8 | $0.0589 |
| r8g.large | 2 | 16 | $0.1178 |
| r8g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2356 |
| r8g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4713 |
| r8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $0.9426 |
| r8g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $1.885 |
| r8g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $2.828 |
| r8g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $3.77 |
| r8g.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $5.655 |
| r8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $5.655 |
| r8g.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $11.311 |
| r8g.metal-48xl | 192 | 1536 | $11.311 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.