i3.8xlarge
Storage optimized · i3 series · Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
- vCPU
- 32
- Memory
- 244 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $2.50
- Per month
- $1,822
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0780
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0102
Analysis
The i3.8xlarge is a storage optimized instance in the i3 series with 32 vCPUs and 244 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) (up to 2.3 GHz), which makes it memory-heavy at 7.62 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $2.50/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $1,822 a month, the i3.8xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy storage optimized capacity: only 14% of the 90 current storage optimized types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0780.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $1,086 a month per instance: $2.50/hour against $3.98/hour, a 60% spread.
It has local instance storage (4 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 10 Gigabit.
Looking beyond its own line, 22 of 41 current types with 32 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the r6g.8xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $1.61/hour.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $1.71/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 69% of the time; three years brings it to $1.21/hour, 52% below on demand. Windows Server roughly adds 59% to the bill at $3.97/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $2.50 | $3.97 | $1.71 | $1.21 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $2.50 | $3.97 | $1.71 | $1.21 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $2.50 | $3.97 | $1.71 | $1.21 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $2.75 | $4.22 | $1.88 | $1.35 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $3.98 | $5.46 | $2.72 | $1.93 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $2.75 | $4.22 | $1.88 | $1.35 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $2.90 | $4.37 | $1.98 | $1.42 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $2.98 | $4.45 | $2.02 | $1.45 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $2.83 | $4.30 | $1.95 | $1.38 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $2.99 | $4.46 | $2.05 | $1.45 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $2.99 | $4.46 | $2.05 | $1.45 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $2.93 | $4.40 | $1.98 | $1.42 |
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 i3.8xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r6g.8xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.61 | -35% |
| r7g.8xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.71 | -31% |
| r5a.8xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.81 | -28% |
| r6a.8xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.81 | -27% |
| r6gd.8xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.84 | -26% |
| r8g.8xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 32 | 256 GiB | $1.89 | -24% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 32 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 244 GiB (7.6 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Clock | 2.3 GHz |
| Storage | 4 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 10 Gigabit |
i3 sizes
| i3.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1560 |
| i3.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.3120 |
| i3.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.6240 |
| i3.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $1.25 |
| i3.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $2.50 |
| i3.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $4.99 |