r8a.metal-48xl

Amazon EC2 · R8a family

The r8a.metal-48xl is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 192 vCPUs and 1,536 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor with 75 Gigabit networking, starting at $15.34 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedx86-64amd
vCPUs
192

dedicated

memory
1,536 GiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

x86-64

on-demand
$15.34

$11,196/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
9

across 3 areas

r8a.metal-48xl 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$15.34
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$15.34
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$15.34
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2Asia$16.65
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$16.80
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$17.16
EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe$17.16
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$18.50
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$18.50

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
192
Memory
1,536 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
75 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
75 Gbps

aws details

API name
r8a.metal-48xl
Family
R8a
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Current
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $15.34/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
60000 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
384
Processor features
AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
<5%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
72%

r8a.metal-48xl 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 r8a.metal-48xl
AWSr8a.metal-48xl1921,536 GiBAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor$15.34–
AzureE192s v71921,536 GiBIntel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids)$16.67+9%
E192ds v71921,536 GiBIntel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids)$19.96+30%
Google Cloudc3-highmem-192-metal1921,536 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$12.70-17%
z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal1921,536 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$27.65+80%
Vultrvbm-64c-1536gb-amd128 vCPU (1.5× less)1281,536 GiBAMD EPYC 9354$4.007-74%
vx1-g-192c-768g768 GiB (2× less)192768 GiBAMD EPYC$5.76-62%

R8a family sizes

all about R8a→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
r8a.medium18 GiB–$0.0799$58.31
r8a.large216 GiB–$0.1598$117
r8a.xlarge432 GiB–$0.3195$233
r8a.2xlarge864 GiB–$0.639$466
r8a.4xlarge16128 GiB–$1.278$933
r8a.8xlarge32256 GiB–$2.556$1,866
r8a.12xlarge48384 GiB–$3.834$2,799
r8a.16xlarge64512 GiB–$5.112$3,732
r8a.24xlarge96768 GiB–$7.668$5,598
r8a.metal-24xl96768 GiB–$7.668$5,598
r8a.48xlarge1921,536 GiB–$15.34$11,196
r8a.metal-48xl1921,536 GiB–$15.34$11,196

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r8a.metal-48xl FAQ

How much does r8a.metal-48xl cost?

r8a.metal-48xl costs $15.34 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $11,196 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $15.34 in US East (N. Virginia) to $18.50 in EU (Frankfurt). With Windows it costs $24.17 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does r8a.metal-48xl have?

r8a.metal-48xl has 192 vCPUs and 1,536 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.metal-48xl on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, E192s v7 (192 vCPU, 1,536 GiB, $16.67/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c3-highmem-192-metal (192 vCPU, 1,536 GiB, $12.70/hour in Iowa); on Vultr, vbm-64c-1536gb-amd (128 vCPU, 1,536 GiB, $4.007/hour in Los Angeles).