r8i.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · R8i family

The r8i.2xlarge is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) with up to 15 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.5557 per hour on demand.

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vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
64 GiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.9 GHz

on-demand
$0.5557

$406/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
28

across 7 areas

r8i.2xlarge price by region

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

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.5557
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$0.5557
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.5557
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5Asia$0.5698
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Asia$0.5733
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia$0.5733
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe$0.591
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.6086
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1North America$0.6086
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.6174
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.6218
EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe$0.6218
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.6527
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$0.6527
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.6527
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1Middle East$0.6529
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.6659
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.6659
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.6659
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.6703
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.6703
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.6703
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.6703
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1Middle East$0.684
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6Oceania$0.6992
EU (Zurich)eu-central-2Europe$0.7374
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa$0.7409
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.8864

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
64 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
3.9 GHz
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
r8i.2xlarge
Family
R8i
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Current
Regions
28 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.5557/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 10000 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
>20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
58%

r8i.2xlarge 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 r8i.2xlarge
AWSr8i.2xlarge864 GiBIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)$0.5557–
AzureE8as v5864 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.452-19%
E8as v6864 GiBAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)$0.477-14%
Google Cloude2-highmem-8864 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.3616-35%
n4d-highmem-8864 GiBAMD Turin$0.4447-20%
AkamaiLinode 150GB150 GiB (2.3×)8150 GiBAMD EPYC$0.72+30%
G8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (2× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-24%
Vultrvx1-m-8c-64gb864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.32-42%
vx1-m-8c-64g-480s864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.386-31%

R8i family sizes

all about R8i→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
r8i.large216 GiB–$0.1389$101
r8i.xlarge432 GiB–$0.2778$203
r8i.2xlarge864 GiB–$0.5557$406
r8i.4xlarge16128 GiB–$1.111$811
r8i.8xlarge32256 GiB–$2.223$1,623
r8i.12xlarge48384 GiB–$3.334$2,434
r8i.16xlarge64512 GiB–$4.445$3,245
r8i.24xlarge96768 GiB–$6.668$4,868
r8i.32xlarge1281 TiB–$8.891$6,490
r8i.48xlarge1921,536 GiB–$13.34$9,736
r8i.metal-48xl1921,536 GiB–$13.34$9,736
r8i.96xlarge3843 TiB–$26.67$19,471
r8i.metal-96xl3843 TiB–$26.67$19,471

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r8i.2xlarge FAQ

How much does r8i.2xlarge cost?

r8i.2xlarge costs $0.5557 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $406 per month. Across 28 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.5557 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.8864 in South America (Sao Paulo). With Windows it costs $0.9237 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does r8i.2xlarge have?

r8i.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids). It is a memory optimized instance type in the R8i family.

What are the equivalents of r8i.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, E8as v5 (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.452/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-highmem-8 (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.3616/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 150GB (8 vCPU, 150 GiB, $0.72/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-8c-64gb (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.32/hour in New Jersey).