AWS Amazon EC2

r4.8xlarge

Part of the R4 Memory Optimized family — High memory-to-vCPU ratio for memory-intensive applications.

Name:rMemory Optimized44th Generation8xlarge8 Extra Large

On-demand, Linux

$2.1280/ hr

~$1,553.44/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$1.0532/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −51% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0665/ vCPU-hr

$0.0087/GB-hr

Compute

32vCPUs

16 cores • x86_64

Memory

244GB

7.6 GB / vCPU

Network

10 Gbps

Baseline: 12 Gbps

Storage & EBS

875MB/s

Max: 37,500 IOPS

Alternatives to r4.8xlarge

Option	Price vs r4.8xlarge	Why look at it
r5.8xlarge Compare →	-5%-$0.112/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, 256 GiB RAM instead of 244, same vCPU
r6i.8xlarge Compare →	-5%-$0.112/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, 256 GiB RAM instead of 244, same vCPU
r7i.8xlarge Compare →	-1%-$0.0112/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, 256 GiB RAM instead of 244, same vCPU
r7g.8xlarge Compare →	-19%-$0.414/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 256 GiB RAM instead of 244, same vCPU

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to r4.8xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs r4.8xlarge
r4.8xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	32 vCPU · 244 GiB	$2.1280/hr	—
z4m-highmem-32same 32 vCPU and 244 GiB; Intel on both; local disk on z4m-highmem-32 only	32 vCPU · 244 GiB	$2.19033/hr	2.9% more

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs

Physical Cores16

Clock Speed2.3 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score467,745

CoreMark / vCPU14,617 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding127 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar219,805 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0665

Cost per GB-hr$0.0087

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods

Max ENIs8

IPv4/v6 per ENI30

Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth12 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth12 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput875 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput875 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS37,500

EBS Max / Burst IOPS37,500

Dedicated EBS Throughput6000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor

Nitro EnclavesNot Supported

Normalization Factor64

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$2.1280/ hr

US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)

Highest Price Region

$4.4800/ hr

South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)

Global Fleet Average

$2.5314/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

17regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 17 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$2.1920
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$2.5600
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$2.5600
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$2.5600
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$2.5536
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$2.5600
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$2.5536
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$2.3360
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$2.5608
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$2.3712
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$2.4960
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$2.4960
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$4.4800
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$2.1280
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$2.1280
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$2.3712
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$2.1280

Windows — Available in all 17 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$3.6640
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$4.0320
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$4.0320
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$4.0320
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$4.0256
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$4.0320
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$4.0256
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$3.8080
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$4.0328
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$3.8432
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$3.9680
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$3.9680
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$5.9520
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$3.6000
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$3.6000
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$3.8432
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$3.6000

Savings Plans: what to know

A Savings Plan commits you to a dollar amount per hour of spend for one or three years, not to an instance: usage up to that amount is billed at the plan's rates and the rest at on-demand, and unused commitment is still billed.
A Compute Savings Plan follows your usage across instance families, sizes, regions and operating systems; an EC2 Instance Savings Plan is locked to one family in one region in exchange for a lower rate (what that flexibility costs).
In US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), the 3-year Compute Savings Plan rate (No Upfront) for r4.8xlarge on Linux is 49% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 49% of the hours for the commitment to cost less than on-demand.
On Windows a plan discounts only the compute part of the rate: the Windows license part costs the same as on demand, so the percentage off is smaller than on Linux.
Rates are AWS's effective hourly rate for each payment option; All Upfront pays the whole term's commitment at purchase, which is why its hourly rate is lower; Partial Upfront (at least half up front) isn't shown on this page. The Savings Plans calculator has all three and sizes a commitment for this instance or a mix of them. How AWS applies a plan each hour: how Compute Savings Plans decide what they cover. Sizing one for elastic workloads: managing Compute Savings Plans.