r8gd.2xlarge
r8gd.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.5878 per hour on demand ($429.09 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.2825 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.3802 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 savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.3802 | $0.1235 | $0.2754 | $0.1959 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.5878 | $0.2825 | $0.4265 | $0.302 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.5878 | $0.1024 | $0.4265 | $0.302 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.5878 | $0.1508 | $0.4265 | $0.302 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.6038 | $0.1799 | $0.4381 | $0.3112 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.6206 | $0.076 | $0.4547 | $0.3259 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.6393 | – | $0.4696 | $0.3372 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.645 | $0.2238 | $0.4703 | $0.3326 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.645 | $0.1555 | $0.4703 | $0.3326 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.6532 | $0.2225 | $0.4787 | $0.343 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.6532 | $0.2958 | $0.4786 | $0.343 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.6614 | $0.1453 | $0.4861 | $0.3455 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.6765 | $0.2168 | $0.4941 | $0.3513 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.6858 | $0.2519 | $0.5026 | $0.3601 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.6899 | $0.1377 | $0.5055 | $0.3624 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.6902 | $0.1795 | $0.5006 | $0.36 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.7062 | $0.2728 | $0.5183 | $0.3707 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.7062 | – | $0.5181 | $0.3658 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.7062 | – | $0.5181 | $0.3658 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.7065 | $0.1693 | $0.5109 | $0.3671 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.7103 | $0.2253 | $0.5218 | $0.3747 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.7103 | $0.1722 | $0.5218 | $0.3747 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.7103 | $0.1941 | $0.5154 | $0.3661 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.7103 | $0.071 | $0.5154 | $0.3661 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.7103 | $0.1209 | $0.5188 | $0.3689 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.7145 | – | $0.5184 | $0.3683 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.7757 | $0.185 | $0.5684 | $0.4073 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.7769 | $0.1407 | $0.5702 | $0.4077 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.9308 | $0.1131 | $0.6803 | $0.4839 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.5878 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.6018 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.703 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.7128 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.843 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 8 |
| 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) | 64 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 3.75 Gbps |
| Network peak | 15 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 15 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1 x 475 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 474 GB SSD |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10 Gbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 2,500 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 312.5 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 12,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8gd.2xlarge |
| Family | r8gd |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 16 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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Other r8gd sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8gd.medium | 1 | 8 | $0.0735 |
| r8gd.large | 2 | 16 | $0.147 |
| r8gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2939 |
| r8gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5878 |
| r8gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1.176 |
| r8gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $2.351 |
| r8gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $3.527 |
| r8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $4.703 |
| r8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.054 |
| r8gd.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $7.054 |
| r8gd.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $14.108 |
| r8gd.metal-48xl | 192 | 1536 | $14.108 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.