r8gd.medium

Amazon EC2 · R8gd family

The r8gd.medium is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on AWS Graviton4 Processor with up to 12.5 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.0475 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedarm64aws graviton
vCPUs
1

dedicated

memory
8 GiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
Graviton

2.7 GHz

on-demand
$0.0735

$53.64/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
29

across 6 areas

r8gd.medium price by region

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

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1cheapestAsia$0.0475
US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1referenceNorth America$0.0735
US East (Ohio)us-east-2North America$0.0735
US West (Oregon)us-west-2North America$0.0735
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5Asia$0.0755
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe$0.0776
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2Asia$0.0799
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.0806
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1North America$0.0806
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.0817
EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe$0.0817
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.0827
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.0846
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$0.0857
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.0862
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.0863
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.0883
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.0883
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.0883
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.0883
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3Asia$0.0888
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4Oceania$0.0888
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3Asia$0.0888
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.0888
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.0888
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Asia$0.0893
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa$0.097
EU (Zurich)eu-central-2Europe$0.0971
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.1164

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
1
Memory
8 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8 GiB
Processor
AWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU vendor
AWS Graviton
Architecture
Arm64
Clock speed
2.7 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
59 GB NVME
Storage detail
1 x 59 NVMe SSD
Network
Up to 12.5 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
12.5 Gbps

aws details

API name
r8gd.medium
Family
R8gd
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Current
Regions
29 (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) · $0.0475/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 10 Gbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
2
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
<5%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
78%

r8gd.medium 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 r8gd.medium
AWSr8gd.medium18 GiBAWS Graviton4 Processor$0.0735–
AzureF1amds v7x86 CPU18 GiBAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)$0.109+48%
DC1ds v3x86 CPU18 GiBIntel Xeon (Ice Lake)$0.113+54%
Google Cloudn4a-highmem-118 GiBGoogle Axion$0.0505-31%
c4a-highmem-118 GiBGoogle Axion$0.0589-20%
Vultrvoc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amdx86 CPU18 GiBAMD EPYC$0.055-25%
voc-s-1c-8gb-150s-amdx86 CPU18 GiBAMD EPYC$0.103+40%

R8gd family sizes

all about R8gd→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
r8gd.medium18 GiB59 GB NVME$0.0735$53.64
r8gd.large216 GiB118 GB NVME$0.147$107
r8gd.xlarge432 GiB237 GB NVME$0.2939$215
r8gd.2xlarge864 GiB475 GB NVME$0.5878$429
r8gd.4xlarge16128 GiB950 GB NVME$1.176$858
r8gd.8xlarge32256 GiB1.9 TB NVME$2.351$1,716
r8gd.12xlarge48384 GiB2.9 TB NVME (3 disks)$3.527$2,575
r8gd.16xlarge64512 GiB3.8 TB NVME (2 disks)$4.703$3,433
r8gd.24xlarge96768 GiB5.7 TB NVME (3 disks)$7.054$5,149
r8gd.metal-24xl96768 GiB5.7 TB NVME (3 disks)$7.054$5,149
r8gd.48xlarge1921,536 GiB11.4 TB NVME (6 disks)$14.11$10,299
r8gd.metal-48xl1921,536 GiB11.4 TB NVME (6 disks)$14.11$10,299

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r8gd.medium FAQ

How much does r8gd.medium cost?

r8gd.medium costs $0.0735 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $53.64 per month. Across 29 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.0475 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) to $0.1164 in South America (Sao Paulo).

How many vCPUs and how much memory does r8gd.medium have?

r8gd.medium has 1 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on AWS Graviton4 Processor. It is a memory optimized instance type in the R8gd family.

What is the cheapest region for r8gd.medium?

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) at $0.0475 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than US East (N. Virginia). r8gd.medium is sold in 29 AWS regions.

What are the equivalents of r8gd.medium on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, F1amds v7 (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.109/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n4a-highmem-1 (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.0505/hour in Iowa); on Vultr, voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd (1 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.055/hour in New Jersey).