x8g.medium

x8g.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 16 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0977 per hour on demand ($71.32 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0602 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0156 per hour. It is sold in 7 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.0977$0.0156$0.0602$0.0334$0.0723$0.0401
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.0977$0.0098$0.0602$0.0334$0.0723$0.0401
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.0977$0.0244$0.0602$0.0334$0.0723$0.0401
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.1112$0.0111$0.0684$0.0379$0.0822$0.0456
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.117$0.0303$0.0721$0.04$0.0865$0.048
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1172$0.0167$0.0723$0.0401$0.0867$0.0481
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1366$0.0244$0.084$0.0465$0.1009$0.0559
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionAzure equivalents

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.0977$0.0602$0.0334
Ubuntu Pro$0.0995––
RHEL$0.1121$0.0746$0.0478
RHEL HA$0.1296$0.0921$0.0653
SUSE$0.154$0.0852$0.0559

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Physical cores1
Threads per core1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces2
IPv4 addresses per interface4
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,500
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex8g.medium
Familyx8g
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor2
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesUEFI

Other x8g sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
x8g.medium116$0.0977
x8g.large232$0.1954
x8g.xlarge464$0.3908
x8g.2xlarge8128$0.7816
x8g.4xlarge16256$1.563
x8g.8xlarge32512$3.126
x8g.12xlarge48768$4.69
x8g.16xlarge641024$6.253
x8g.24xlarge961536$9.379
x8g.metal-24xl961536$9.379
x8g.48xlarge1923072$18.758
x8g.metal-48xl1923072$18.758

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