hpc8a.96xlarge
General purpose · hpc8a series · AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
- vCPU
- 192
- Memory
- 768 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $7.92
- Per month
- $5,782
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0413
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0103
Analysis
The hpc8a.96xlarge is a general purpose instance in the hpc8a series with 192 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory on AMD EPYC 9R45 (up to 4.5 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Running it in Ohio instead of Tokyo saves $1,686 a month per instance: $7.92/hour against $10.23/hour, a 29% spread. It is not offered in N. Virginia, Oregon, Canada Central, São Paulo, Ireland, London, Frankfurt, Mumbai and Sydney, so plan around that if you need a presence there.
At $7.92/hour on demand in its cheapest tracked region, about $5,782 a month, the hpc8a.96xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 12% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0413.
Compared with the previous generation, it costs 10.0% more than the hpc7a.96xlarge on AMD EPYC 9R14 ($526 more a month per instance), in exchange for the newer processor.
Windows Server roughly doubles the bill at $16.75/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
Storage is EBS only. Network: 300 Gigabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio us-east-2 | $7.92 | $16.75 | – | – | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $9.90 | $18.73 | – | – | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $10.23 | $19.06 | – | – |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs hpc8a.96xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hpc7a.96xlarge AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor | 192 | 768 GiB | $7.20 | -9% |
| m6a.48xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 192 | 768 GiB | $8.29 | +5% |
| m8g.48xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 192 | 768 GiB | $8.62 | +9% |
| m9g.48xlarge AWS Graviton5 Processor | 192 | 768 GiB | $9.39 | +19% |
| m7i.48xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 192 | 768 GiB | $9.68 | +22% |
| m8i.48xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | 192 | 768 GiB | $10.16 | +28% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 192 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 768 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor |
| Clock | 4.5 GHz |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Network | 300 Gigabit |
hpc8a sizes
| hpc8a.96xlarge | 192 vCPU | $7.92 |