r7gd.xlarge.searchvsr8gd.xlarge.search

r7gd.xlarge.search is 7% cheaper than r8gd.xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $26.28 a month.

At a glancer7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
On-demand$0.452/hr7% less$0.488/hr
Lowest rate$0.235/hr7% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.254/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search vs r7gd.xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.452$0.488▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.31231% off$0.337▲ 8%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.23548% off$0.254▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.361620% off$0.3904▲ 8%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7gd.xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$0.452 vs $0.488 per hour
7% cheaper
Network baseline1.876 Gbps vs 1.875 Gbps
0% higher
Where r8gd.xlarge.search leads
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

4 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 2 differr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Network baseline1.876 Gbps1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 8 matchr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 237 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
ClusterAll 2 matchr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Node rolesDataData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Familyr7gdr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr7gd.xlarger8gd.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr7gd.xlarge.searchr8gd.xlarge.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.292$0.3155▲ 8%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.452$0.488▲ 8%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.452$0.488▲ 8%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.452$0.488▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.464$0.502▲ 8%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.477$0.5151▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.4914$0.5306▲ 8%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.502$0.543▲ 8%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.502$0.543▲ 8%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.508$0.5489▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.52$0.562▲ 8%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.5271$0.5693▲ 8%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.5304$0.5728▲ 8%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.531$0.573▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.543$0.5864▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.543$0.5862▲ 8%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.543$0.5862▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.543$0.587▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.5458$0.5896▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.546$0.5896▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.546$0.5896▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.546$0.59▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.549$0.593▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.5961$0.6438▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.7153$0.773▲ 8%

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