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r8i.8xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

32 vCPU · 256 GiB · 15 Gigabit · Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)

$2.2933/hour on-demand · $1,674/month (Linux, Shared)

Pricing by os (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$2.2933$3.7653$2.6389$2.4183
Spot$0.5651$1.7013
1y Compute SP NU$1.6578$3.1298$2.0034$1.7177
3y Compute SP NU$1.1907$2.6627$1.5363$1.2447
1y EC2 SP NU$1.5073$2.9793$1.8529$1.5672
3y EC2 SP NU$1.0402$2.5122$1.3858$1.0942

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1b $0.5651 · ap-south-1a $0.6105 · ap-south-1c $0.5344

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Graviton-eligible → r8g.8xlarge (-42%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
r8g.8xlarge Graviton arch change$1.3213-42%+74%$710
r8gd.8xlarge Graviton arch change$1.5206-34%+51%$564
r8i-flex.8xlarge$2.1786-5%+5%$84
r8id.8xlarge$2.7914+22%-18%$-364

Cheapest regions for r8i.8xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.2227-3%$52
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.2227-3%$52
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.2227-3%$52
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$2.2790-0.6%$10
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.2933current
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$2.29330.0%$0

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (ap-south-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-09-22$2.2933$3.7653$0.5651

All attributes

vCPU
32
Cores / threads per core
16 / 2
Memory
256 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8.00 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
3.9 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
15 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
15.0 / 15.0 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
10 × 50
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
10000 / 10000 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
40,000 / 40000
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
No / Yes
Dedicated hosts
Supported
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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