AWS Amazon EC2

r8i-flex.8xlarge

Part of the R8I-FLEX Memory Optimized family — High memory-to-vCPU ratio for memory-intensive applications.

Name:rMemory Optimized88th GenerationiIntel Xeon ScalableflexFlex Instance8xlarge8 Extra Large

On-demand, Linux

$2.1115/ hr

~$1,541.41/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$1.10145/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −48% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0660/ vCPU-hr

$0.0082/GB-hr

Compute

32vCPUs

16 cores • x86_64

Memory

256GB

8.0 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 15 Gbps

Baseline: 7.5 Gbps

Storage & EBS

1,250MB/s

Max: 40,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to r8i-flex.8xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs r8i-flex.8xlarge
r8i-flex.8xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$2.11152/hr	—
n4-highmem-32same 32 vCPU and 256 GiB; Intel on both; r8i-flex.8xlarge is CPU-capped (flex)	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$1.90432/hr	9.8% less
n2-highmem-32same 32 vCPU and 256 GiB; Intel on both; r8i-flex.8xlarge is CPU-capped (flex)	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$2.360736/hr	12% more
z3-highmem-32-highlssdsame 32 vCPU and 256 GiB; Intel on both; local disk on z3-highmem-32-highlssd only; r8i-flex.8xlarge is CPU-capped (flex)	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$3.45704/hr	64% 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 Scalable (Granite Rapids)

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs

Physical Cores16

Clock Speed3.9 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score745,573

CoreMark / vCPU23,299.2 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding232 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar353,098 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0660

Cost per GB-hr$0.0082

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods492 pods

Max ENIs10

IPv4/v6 per ENI50

Total Addressable IPs500 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 15 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth7.5 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth15 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput625 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS20,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000

Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

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

$2.1115/ hr

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

Highest Price Region

$3.3683/ hr

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

Global Fleet Average

$2.4542/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

27regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 27 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$2.8154
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$2.1786
ap-southeast-5 Asia Pacific (Malaysia)	$2.1651
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$2.1786
ap-southeast-6 Asia Pacific (New Zealand)	$2.6570
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$2.5472
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$2.5472
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$2.5306
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$2.5472
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$2.5306
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$2.5306
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$2.3126
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$2.3126
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$2.5472
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$2.3629
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$2.4802
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$2.4802
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$2.4802
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$2.2456
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$2.3629
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$2.8019
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$2.5992
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$3.3683
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$2.1115
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$2.1115
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$2.3461
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$2.1115

Windows — Available in all 27 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$4.2138
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$3.5770
ap-southeast-5 Asia Pacific (Malaysia)	$3.5635
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$3.5770
ap-southeast-6 Asia Pacific (New Zealand)	$4.0554
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$3.9456
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$3.9456
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$3.9290
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$3.9456
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$3.9290
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$3.9290
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$3.7110
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$3.7110
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$3.9456
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$3.7613
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$3.8786
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$3.8786
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$3.8786
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$3.6440
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$3.7613
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$4.2003
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$3.9976
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$4.7667
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$3.5099
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$3.5099
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$3.7445
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$3.5099

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 r8i-flex.8xlarge on Linux is 52% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 52% 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.