r6i.metal

Amazon EC2 · R6i family

The r6i.metal is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 128 vCPUs and 1 TiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) with 50 Gigabit networking, starting at $8.064 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedx86-64intel
vCPUs
128

dedicated

memory
1 TiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.5 GHz

on-demand
$8.064

$5,887/mo · us-east-1

spot
$3.343

−59% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$5.334

−34% vs on-demand

r6i.metal price by region

31 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$8.064$3.343$5.334$3.658
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$8.064$3.452$5.334$3.658
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$8.064$2.243$5.334$3.658
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5Asia$8.269–$5.47$3.751
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7Asia$8.269–$5.47$3.751
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Asia$8.32$2.112$5.476$3.774
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia$8.32$2.475$5.468$3.774
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1North America$8.467–$5.601$3.841
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe$8.576$1.528$5.403$3.705
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$8.832$1.95$5.856$3.992
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1North America$8.832$3.436$5.856$3.992
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$8.96$1.94$5.927$4.064
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$9.024$3.367$5.969$4.093
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$9.472$3.525$6.28$4.282
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$9.472$1.406$5.967$4.092
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$9.472$1.636$6.28$4.282
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1Middle East$9.475$4.09$6.268$4.298
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$9.664$2.317$6.386$4.391
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$9.664–$6.393$4.384
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$9.664–$6.393$4.384
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3Asia$9.728$2.444$6.129$4.203
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$9.728$1.173$6.421$4.427
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$9.728$0.9833$6.435$4.413
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$9.728$2.112$6.435$4.413
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$9.728$1.468$6.435$4.413
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1Middle East$9.926$2.40$6.254$4.288
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1Middle East$9.926$2.465$6.566$4.503
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Asia$10.69$1.253$6.733$4.617
EU (Zurich)eu-central-2Europe$10.70$2.102$7.079$4.854
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa$10.75$2.449$6.774$4.645
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$12.86$1.286$8.502$5.842

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
128
Memory
1 TiB
Memory per vCPU
8 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
3.5 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Network storage only
Storage detail
EBS only
Network
50 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
50 Gbps

aws details

API name
r6i.metal
Family
R6i
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Current
Regions
31 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $8.064/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
40000 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
256
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
15-20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
58%

r6i.metal equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs r6i.metal
AWSr6i.metal1281 TiBIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)$8.064–
AzureE128as v71281 TiBAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)$7.629-5%
E128ads v71281 TiBAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)$9.293+15%
Google Cloudn2-highmem-128864 GiB (1.2× less)128864 GiBIntel Cascade Lake, Intel Ice Lake$7.707-4%
c4-highmem-144144 vCPU (1.13×) · 1116 GiB (1.09×)1441,116 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$9.384+16%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 512x128512 GiB (2× less)128512 GiBAMD EPYC$6.84-15%
Vultrvbm-64c-1536gb-amd1536 GiB (1.5×)1281,536 GiBAMD EPYC 9354$4.007-50%
vx1-m-96c-768gb96 vCPU (1.3× less) · 768 GiB (1.3× less)96768 GiBAMD EPYC$3.84-52%

R6i family sizes

all about R6i→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
r6i.large216 GiB–$0.126$91.98$0.0557$0.0834
r6i.xlarge432 GiB–$0.252$184$0.1046$0.1667
r6i.2xlarge864 GiB–$0.504$368$0.2428$0.3334
r6i.4xlarge16128 GiB–$1.008$736$0.4426$0.6668
r6i.8xlarge32256 GiB–$2.016$1,472$0.8785$1.334
r6i.12xlarge48384 GiB–$3.024$2,208$1.199$2.00
r6i.16xlarge64512 GiB–$4.032$2,943$1.566$2.667
r6i.24xlarge96768 GiB–$6.048$4,415$2.626$4.001
r6i.32xlarge1281 TiB–$8.064$5,887$3.334$5.334
r6i.metal1281 TiB–$8.064$5,887$3.343$5.334

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r6i.metal FAQ

How much does r6i.metal cost?

r6i.metal costs $8.064 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $5,887 per month. Across 31 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $8.064 in US East (N. Virginia) to $12.86 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $3.343 per hour (59% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $5.334 per hour. With Windows it costs $13.95 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does r6i.metal have?

r6i.metal has 128 vCPUs and 1 TiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake). It is a memory optimized instance type in the R6i family.

What are the equivalents of r6i.metal on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, E128as v7 (128 vCPU, 1 TiB, $7.629/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n2-highmem-128 (128 vCPU, 864 GiB, $7.707/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 512x128 (128 vCPU, 512 GiB, $6.84/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vbm-64c-1536gb-amd (128 vCPU, 1,536 GiB, $4.007/hour in Los Angeles).