r8gd.medium
r8gd.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0735 per hour on demand ($53.65 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0187 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0475 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 | $0.0475 | $0.0076 | $0.0344 | $0.0245 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0735 | $0.0187 | $0.0533 | $0.0378 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0735 | $0.0073 | $0.0533 | $0.0378 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0735 | $0.0122 | $0.0533 | $0.0378 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0755 | $0.0226 | $0.0548 | $0.0389 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0776 | $0.0078 | $0.0568 | $0.0407 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0799 | – | $0.0587 | $0.0422 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0806 | $0.0138 | $0.0588 | $0.0416 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0806 | $0.0189 | $0.0588 | $0.0416 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0817 | $0.0161 | $0.0598 | $0.0429 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0817 | $0.0329 | $0.0598 | $0.0429 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0827 | $0.0212 | $0.0608 | $0.0432 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0846 | $0.0241 | $0.0618 | $0.0439 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0857 | $0.0228 | $0.0628 | $0.045 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0862 | $0.0086 | $0.0632 | $0.0453 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0863 | $0.0191 | $0.0626 | $0.045 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0883 | $0.0088 | $0.0639 | $0.0459 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0883 | $0.0225 | $0.0648 | $0.0463 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0883 | – | $0.0648 | $0.0457 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0883 | – | $0.0648 | $0.0457 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0888 | $0.0295 | $0.0652 | $0.0468 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0888 | $0.0291 | $0.0652 | $0.0468 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0888 | $0.0211 | $0.0644 | $0.0458 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0888 | $0.0089 | $0.0644 | $0.0458 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0888 | $0.0144 | $0.0649 | $0.0461 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0893 | – | $0.0648 | $0.046 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.097 | $0.0191 | $0.0711 | $0.0509 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0971 | $0.0392 | $0.0713 | $0.051 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.1164 | $0.0116 | $0.085 | $0.0605 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0735 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0752 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0879 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.1054 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.1298 | – | – |
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 | 1 x 59 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 59 GB SSD |
| 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 | r8gd.medium |
| Family | r8gd |
| 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 |
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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.