r8a.medium
Amazon EC2 · R8a family
The r8a.medium is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor with up to 15 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.0799 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 1
- memory
- 8 GiB
- processor
- AMD
- on-demand
- $0.0799
- spot
- –
- regions
- 9
dedicated
8 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$58.31/mo · us-east-1
not offered
across 3 areas
r8a.medium price by region
9 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America | $0.0799 |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America | $0.0799 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America | $0.0799 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2Asia | $0.0867 |
| Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America | $0.0875 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $0.0894 |
| EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe | $0.0894 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $0.0964 |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe | $0.0964 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 1
- Memory
- 8 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 8 GiB
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
- CPU vendor
- AMD
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- Network storage only
- Storage detail
- EBS only
- Network
- Up to 15 Gigabit
- Peak bandwidth
- 15 Gbps
aws details
- API name
r8a.medium- Family
- R8a
- Category
- Memory optimized
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 9 (Asia, Europe, North America)
- Cheapest region
- US East (N. Virginia) · $0.0799/hr
- Dedicated EBS throughput
- Up to 10000 Mbps
- Enhanced networking
- Yes
- Normalization size factor
- 2
- Processor features
- AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- <5%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 70%
r8a.medium equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs r8a.medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | r8a.medium | 1 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor | $0.0799 | – |
| Azure | F1ams v7 | 1 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0895 | +12% |
| DC1s v3 | 1 | 8 GiB | Intel Xeon (Ice Lake) | $0.096 | +20% | |
| Google Cloud | n4a-highmem-1Arm CPU | 1 | 8 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0505 | -37% |
| c4a-highmem-1Arm CPU | 1 | 8 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0589 | -26% | |
| Akamai | G8 Dedicated 8x22 vCPU (2×) | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.11 | +38% |
| Vultr | voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd | 1 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.055 | -31% |
| voc-s-1c-8gb-150s-amd | 1 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.103 | +29% |
R8a family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r8a.medium | 1 | 8 GiB | – | $0.0799 | $58.31 |
| r8a.large | 2 | 16 GiB | – | $0.1598 | $117 |
| r8a.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB | – | $0.3195 | $233 |
| r8a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB | – | $0.639 | $466 |
| r8a.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB | – | $1.278 | $933 |
| r8a.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB | – | $2.556 | $1,866 |
| r8a.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB | – | $3.834 | $2,799 |
| r8a.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB | – | $5.112 | $3,732 |
| r8a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 GiB | – | $7.668 | $5,598 |
| r8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 GiB | – | $7.668 | $5,598 |
| r8a.48xlarge | 192 | 1,536 GiB | – | $15.34 | $11,196 |
| r8a.metal-48xl | 192 | 1,536 GiB | – | $15.34 | $11,196 |
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r8a.medium FAQ
How much does r8a.medium cost?
r8a.medium costs $0.0799 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $58.31 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.0799 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.0964 in EU (Frankfurt). With Windows it costs $0.1259 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does r8a.medium have?
r8a.medium has 1 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor. It is a memory optimized instance type in the R8a family.
What are the equivalents of r8a.medium on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, F1ams v7 (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.0895/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n4a-highmem-1 (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.0505/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.055/hour in New Jersey).