r7gd.4xlarge.searchvsr8gd.4xlarge.search

r7gd.4xlarge.search is 7% cheaper than r8gd.4xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $105.85 a month.

At a glancer7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
On-demand$1.807/hr7% less$1.952/hr
Lowest rate$0.94/hr7% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$1.015/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. standard option, USD per hour.

Optionr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search vs r7gd.4xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$1.807$1.952▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$1.24731% off$1.347▲ 8%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.9448% off$1.015▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$1.44620% off$1.562▲ 8%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7gd.4xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$1.807 vs $1.952 per hour
7% cheaper
Where r8gd.4xlarge.search leads
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

3 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
vCPUs1616
Physical cores1616
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 2 matchr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Network baseline7.5 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps15 Gbps
StorageAll 8 matchr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 950 GB SSD1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
ClusterAll 2 matchr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Node rolesDataData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Familyr7gdr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr7gd.4xlarger8gd.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7gd.4xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr7gd.4xlarge.searchr8gd.4xlarge.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.169$1.262▲ 8%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.807$1.952▲ 8%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.807$1.952▲ 8%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.807$1.952▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.856$2.005▲ 8%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.908$2.06▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$1.966$2.122▲ 8%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.008$2.169▲ 8%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.008$2.169▲ 8%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.033$2.196▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.08$2.246▲ 8%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.108$2.277▲ 8%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.121$2.29▲ 8%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.122$2.291▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.171$2.345▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.171$2.345▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.172$2.345▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.172$2.345▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.184$2.358▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.184$2.358▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.184$2.358▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.184$2.359▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.196$2.372▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.384$2.575▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.861$3.091▲ 8%

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AWS OpenSearch standard option prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.