r8gd.8xlarge
r8gd.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.351 per hour on demand ($1,716.52 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.667 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.521 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 | $1.521 | $0.6707 | $1.102 | $0.7835 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $2.351 | $1.667 | $1.706 | $1.208 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $2.351 | $0.6397 | $1.706 | $1.208 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $2.351 | $1.01 | $1.706 | $1.208 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $2.415 | $0.7237 | $1.752 | $1.245 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $2.482 | $0.2482 | $1.819 | $1.304 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $2.557 | – | $1.879 | $1.349 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $2.58 | $0.8096 | $1.881 | $1.33 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $2.58 | $0.7237 | $1.881 | $1.33 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $2.613 | $0.2757 | $1.915 | $1.372 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $2.613 | $1.188 | $1.915 | $1.372 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $2.645 | $1.011 | $1.944 | $1.382 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $2.706 | $0.6498 | $1.976 | $1.405 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $2.743 | $0.5165 | $2.01 | $1.44 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $2.76 | $0.276 | $2.022 | $1.449 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $2.761 | $0.387 | $2.002 | $1.44 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $2.825 | $0.9527 | $2.073 | $1.483 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $2.825 | – | $2.072 | $1.463 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $2.825 | – | $2.072 | $1.463 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $2.826 | $0.9027 | $2.043 | $1.469 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $2.841 | $0.9713 | $2.087 | $1.499 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $2.841 | $0.8827 | $2.087 | $1.499 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $2.841 | $0.6863 | $2.062 | $1.464 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $2.841 | $0.2841 | $2.062 | $1.464 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $2.841 | $0.4768 | $2.075 | $1.475 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $2.858 | – | $2.074 | $1.473 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $3.103 | $0.4597 | $2.274 | $1.629 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $3.107 | $0.8321 | $2.281 | $1.631 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $3.723 | $2.81 | $2.721 | $1.936 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $2.351 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $2.407 | – | – |
| SUSE | $2.476 | – | – |
| RHEL | $2.697 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $3.145 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Physical cores | 32 |
| 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) | 256 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 15 Gbps |
| Network peak | 15 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 30 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 1,900 GB SSD |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 40,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8gd.8xlarge |
| Family | r8gd |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 64 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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| 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.