x1e.8xlarge

x1e.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 976 GiB memory (High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $6.672 per hour on demand ($4,870.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.112 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $1.271 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	Spot	1-yr reserved	3-yr reserved	1-yr savings plan	3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$6.672	$1.271	$4.112	$2.145	$4.728	$2.466
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$6.672	$1.072	$4.112	$2.145	$4.728	$2.466
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$6.672	$0.9026	$4.112	$2.145	$4.728	$2.466
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1	$6.88	$2.057	$4.207	$2.20	$4.839	$2.531
Canada (Central) ca-central-1	$7.334	$0.7334	$4.52	$2.357	$5.197	$2.71
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$8.00	$1.677	$4.93	$2.572	$5.669	$2.957
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1	$8.00	–	$4.927	$2.573	$5.665	$2.957
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1	$8.00	–	$4.927	$2.573	$5.665	$2.957
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$9.336	$0.9515	$5.753	$3.001	$6.616	$3.452
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	$9.52	$0.952	$5.866	$3.06	$6.746	$3.518
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$9.672	$0.9672	$5.96	$3.109	$6.854	$3.576
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2	$9.672	$0.9672	$5.96	$3.109	$6.854	$3.576
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3	$9.672	$1.064	$5.96	$3.109	$6.854	$3.576
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$9.672	$0.9672	$5.96	$3.109	$6.854	$3.576
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$9.672	$1.456	$5.96	$3.109	$6.854	$3.576
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$13.005	$1.30	$8.014	$4.178	$9.216	$4.805

Reserved and Savings Plans Spot prices by region Windows prices by region

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$6.672	$4.112	$2.145
Ubuntu Pro	$6.728	–	–
SUSE	$6.772	$4.145	$2.178
RHEL	$7.018	$4.457	$2.49
Linux SQL Web	$7.213	$4.652	$2.686
RHEL HA	$7.466	$4.905	$2.938
RHEL SQL Web	$7.558	–	–
Windows	$8.144	$5.584	$3.617
Windows SQL Web	$8.685	$6.124	$4.158
Linux SQL Std	$10.512	$7.952	$5.985
RHEL SQL Std	$10.858	–	–
RHEL HA SQL Std	$11.306	–	–
Windows SQL Std	$11.984	$9.424	$7.457
Linux SQL Ent	$18.672	$16.112	$14.145
RHEL SQL Ent	$19.018	–	–
RHEL HA SQL Ent	$19.466	–	–
Windows SQL Ent	$20.144	$17.584	$15.617

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	32
Physical cores	16
Threads per core	2
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
CPU maker	Intel
Clock speed	2.3 GHz
Sustained clock	2.3 GHz
Processor features	Intel AVX; Intel AVX2
Burstable	No
ECU	91

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	976

Networking	Value
Network	Up to 10 Gbps
Network baseline	5 Gbps
Network peak	10 Gbps
Enhanced networking	Yes (ENA)
EFA	No
IPv6	Yes
Max network interfaces	4
IPv4 addresses per interface	15

Storage	Value
Storage	1 x 960 SSD
Local disks	1 × 960 GB SSD
EBS optimized	Yes
EBS over NVMe	No
EBS throughput	3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth	3,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth	3,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput	437.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput	437.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS	20,000
EBS max IOPS	20,000
Max EBS volumes	40

Instance details	Value
Instance type	x1e.8xlarge
Family	x1e
Category	Memory optimized
Current generation	Yes
Normalization factor	64
Bare metal	No
Hypervisor	Xen
Placement groups	Cluster, Partition, Spread
Hibernation	No
Nitro Enclaves	No
Boot modes	Legacy BIOS

Other x1e sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
x1e.xlarge	4	122	$0.834
x1e.2xlarge	8	244	$1.668
x1e.4xlarge	16	488	$3.336
x1e.8xlarge	32	976	$6.672
x1e.16xlarge	64	1952	$13.344
x1e.32xlarge	128	3904	$26.688

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.