r8i-flex.8xlarge
r8i-flex.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.111 per hour on demand ($1,541.40 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.7816 per hour. It is sold in 27 regions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $2.111 | $0.7816 | $1.53 | $1.101 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $2.111 | $0.5187 | $1.53 | $1.101 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $2.111 | $0.723 | $1.53 | $1.101 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $2.165 | $0.6417 | $1.569 | $1.129 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $2.179 | $0.6335 | $1.575 | $1.131 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $2.179 | $0.2179 | $1.571 | $1.131 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $2.246 | $0.3179 | $1.627 | $1.171 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $2.313 | $0.6714 | $1.672 | $1.201 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $2.313 | $0.5591 | $1.672 | $1.201 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $2.346 | $0.2662 | $1.70 | $1.224 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $2.363 | $0.2503 | $1.712 | $1.233 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $2.363 | $0.9979 | $1.712 | $1.233 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $2.48 | $0.5894 | $1.797 | $1.294 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $2.48 | $0.9102 | $1.795 | $1.294 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $2.48 | $0.6519 | $1.795 | $1.294 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $2.531 | $0.886 | $1.83 | $1.313 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $2.531 | – | $1.833 | $1.32 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $2.531 | – | $1.833 | $1.32 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $2.547 | $0.8233 | $1.845 | $1.329 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $2.547 | $0.6058 | $1.848 | $1.323 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $2.547 | $0.877 | $1.845 | $1.329 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $2.547 | $0.9939 | $1.845 | $1.329 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $2.599 | $0.2987 | $1.883 | $1.356 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $2.657 | – | $1.921 | $1.378 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $2.802 | $0.4948 | $2.03 | $1.462 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $2.815 | $0.6689 | $2.04 | $1.469 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $3.368 | $1.059 | $2.437 | $1.746 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $2.111 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $2.167 | – | – |
| SUSE | $2.236 | – | – |
| RHEL | $2.457 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $2.652 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $2.905 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $2.998 | – | – |
| Windows | $3.51 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $4.051 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $5.952 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $6.297 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $6.745 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $7.35 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $14.111 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $14.457 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $14.905 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $15.51 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Physical cores | 16 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.9 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.9 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 256 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 7.5 Gbps |
| Network peak | 15 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 10 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 50 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 5,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 625 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 20,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8i-flex.8xlarge |
| Family | r8i-flex |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 64 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other r8i-flex sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8i-flex.large | 2 | 16 | $0.132 |
| r8i-flex.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2639 |
| r8i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5279 |
| r8i-flex.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1.056 |
| r8i-flex.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $2.111 |
| r8i-flex.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $3.167 |
| r8i-flex.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $4.223 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.