r8i.8xlarge
r8i.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.223 per hour on demand ($1,622.57 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.6354 per hour. It is sold in 28 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 | $2.223 | $0.6354 | $1.61 | $1.159 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $2.223 | $0.6432 | $1.61 | $1.159 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $2.223 | $0.7829 | $1.61 | $1.159 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $2.279 | $0.5817 | $1.651 | $1.189 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $2.293 | $0.7379 | $1.658 | $1.191 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $2.293 | $0.2293 | $1.654 | $1.191 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $2.364 | $0.4842 | $1.713 | $1.233 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $2.434 | $0.7049 | $1.76 | $1.264 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $2.434 | $0.6546 | $1.76 | $1.264 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $2.47 | $1.004 | $1.789 | $1.288 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $2.487 | $0.279 | $1.802 | $1.297 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $2.487 | $1.212 | $1.802 | $1.297 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $2.611 | $0.7744 | $1.891 | $1.362 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $2.611 | $0.8551 | $1.889 | $1.362 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $2.611 | $0.7771 | $1.889 | $1.362 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $2.612 | $0.6134 | $1.892 | $1.362 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $2.664 | $1.183 | $1.926 | $1.382 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $2.664 | – | $1.93 | $1.389 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $2.664 | – | $1.93 | $1.389 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $2.681 | $0.8953 | $1.943 | $1.399 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $2.681 | $0.7558 | $1.945 | $1.393 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $2.681 | $0.9904 | $1.943 | $1.399 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $2.681 | $1.078 | $1.943 | $1.399 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $2.736 | $0.7236 | $1.982 | $1.427 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $2.797 | – | $2.023 | $1.451 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $2.949 | $0.983 | $2.137 | $1.539 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $2.963 | $0.6471 | $2.147 | $1.546 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $3.546 | $1.93 | $2.565 | $1.838 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $2.223 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $2.279 | – | – |
| SUSE | $2.348 | – | – |
| RHEL | $2.568 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $2.764 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $3.016 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $3.109 | – | – |
| Windows | $3.695 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $4.236 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $6.063 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $6.408 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $6.856 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $7.535 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $14.223 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $14.568 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $15.016 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $15.695 | – | – |
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 | 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 15 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 | 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 | r8i.8xlarge |
| Family | r8i |
| 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 | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other r8i sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8i.large | 2 | 16 | $0.1389 |
| r8i.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2778 |
| r8i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5557 |
| r8i.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1.111 |
| r8i.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $2.223 |
| r8i.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $3.334 |
| r8i.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $4.445 |
| r8i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.668 |
| r8i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $8.891 |
| r8i.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $13.336 |
| r8i.metal-48xl | 192 | 1536 | $13.336 |
| r8i.96xlarge | 384 | 3072 | $26.673 |
| r8i.metal-96xl | 384 | 3072 | $26.673 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.