x8i.12xlarge

x8i.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 768 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.252 per hour on demand ($3,833.89 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.296 per hour. It is sold in 17 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$5.252$1.296$3.882$2.025
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$5.252$1.024$3.882$2.025
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$5.252$1.425$3.882$2.025
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$5.419$1.556$4.005$2.089
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$5.989$0.5989$4.427$2.309
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$6.302$1.07$4.659$2.43
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$6.302$1.795$4.659$2.43
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$6.302–$4.659$2.43
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$6.615$0.6615$4.89$2.551
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$6.617$0.773$4.891$2.551
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$6.854$0.6854$5.066$2.643
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$7.353$1.259$5.435$2.835
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$7.615$1.114$5.629$2.936
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$7.615$0.7615$5.629$2.936
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$7.615$2.545$5.629$2.936
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$7.615$0.8275$5.629$2.936
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$10.242$1.024$7.571$3.949
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$5.252––
Ubuntu Pro$5.336––
SUSE$5.377––
RHEL$5.77––
Linux SQL Web$6.063––
RHEL HA$6.442––
RHEL SQL Web$6.582––
Windows$7.46––
Windows SQL Web$8.271––
Linux SQL Std$11.012––
RHEL SQL Std$11.53––
RHEL HA SQL Std$12.202––
Windows SQL Std$13.22––
Linux SQL Ent$23.252––
RHEL SQL Ent$23.77––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$24.442––
Windows SQL Ent$25.46––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)768
NetworkingValue
Network22.5 Gbps
Network baseline22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces12
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typex8i.12xlarge
Familyx8i
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare x8i.12xlarge

Other processors

vs x8g.12xlarge

Other x8i sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
x8i.large232$0.2188
x8i.xlarge464$0.4377
x8i.2xlarge8128$0.8753
x8i.4xlarge16256$1.751
x8i.8xlarge32512$3.501
x8i.12xlarge48768$5.252
x8i.16xlarge641024$7.003
x8i.24xlarge961536$10.504
x8i.32xlarge1282048$14.005
x8i.48xlarge1923072$21.008
x8i.metal-48xl1923072$21.008
x8i.64xlarge2564096$28.01
x8i.96xlarge3846144$48.744
x8i.metal-96xl3846144$48.744

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