EC2 x8i instance prices
Memory optimized · Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
The x8i series is a memory optimized EC2 line running on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids). It has 12 sizes, from the x8i.large with 2 vCPUs and 32 GiB to the x8i.96xlarge with 384 vCPUs and 6144 GiB, and it is very memory-heavy with a median of 16.0 GiB per vCPU.
In US East the Linux on-demand price runs from $0.2188/hour to $48.74/hour, or $160 to $35,583 a month. The median price per vCPU-hour across the series is $0.1094.
Price per vCPU-hour is not flat across the series: the x8i.large is the cheapest per vCPU at $0.1094 and the x8i.96xlarge the dearest at $0.1269, a 16% gap, so the size you choose changes your unit cost as well as your total. All sizes are sold in the same 10 of the 12 regions we track. Each size below links to a page with prices in every tracked region, reserved-instance savings, Windows pricing and cheaper alternatives of the same shape.
| Size | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | $/month | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x8i.large | 2 | 32 GiB | $0.2188 | $160 | 10 |
| x8i.xlarge | 4 | 64 GiB | $0.4377 | $319 | 10 |
| x8i.2xlarge | 8 | 128 GiB | $0.8753 | $639 | 10 |
| x8i.4xlarge | 16 | 256 GiB | $1.75 | $1,278 | 10 |
| x8i.8xlarge | 32 | 512 GiB | $3.50 | $2,556 | 10 |
| x8i.12xlarge | 48 | 768 GiB | $5.25 | $3,834 | 10 |
| x8i.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 GiB | $7.00 | $5,112 | 10 |
| x8i.24xlarge | 96 | 1536 GiB | $10.50 | $7,668 | 10 |
| x8i.32xlarge | 128 | 2048 GiB | $14.01 | $10,224 | 10 |
| x8i.48xlarge | 192 | 3072 GiB | $21.01 | $15,336 | 10 |
| x8i.64xlarge | 256 | 4096 GiB | $28.01 | $20,447 | 10 |
| x8i.96xlarge | 384 | 6144 GiB | $48.74 | $35,583 | 10 |