r8a.large

Data updated at: November 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM UTC

Amazon EC2 instance r8a.large with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB RAM . Available in 3 regions starting from $116.62 per month.
Instance Typer8a.large
Instance FamilyMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs2
Memory16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core1
Accelerators
GPUno
Inference Acceleratorno
FPGAno
Instances
Sizesr8a.medium, r8a.large, r8a.xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.48xlarge
Generationsr5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large
Variantsr8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large
Free Tierno
Burstableno
Hibernationyes
Instance StorageEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyes
Max Interfaces3
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface20
IPv6 Addresses per Interface20
IPv6 Supportyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportno
Encryption in Transit Supportyes
ENA SRD Supportno

Regional Availability

US
GovCloud (US-East) / us-gov-east-1
GovCloud (US-West) / us-gov-west-1
US East (Ohio) / us-east-2
US East (Virginia) / us-east-1
US West (N. California) / us-west-1
US West (Oregon) / us-west-2
Central America
Mexico (Central) / mx-central-1
Canada
Canada (Central) / ca-central-1
Canada West (Calgary) / ca-west-1
Europe
Europe (Ireland) / eu-west-1
Europe (London) / eu-west-2
Europe (Frankfurt) / eu-central-1
Europe (Milan) / eu-south-1
Europe (Paris) / eu-west-3
Europe (Spain) / eu-south-2
Europe (Stockholm) / eu-north-1
Europe (Zurich) / eu-central-2
Africa
Africa (Cape Town) / af-south-1
South America
South America (São Paulo) / sa-east-1
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) / ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) / ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) / ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) / ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) / ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) / ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) / ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (Osaka) / ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Seoul) / ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Singapore) / ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Sydney) / ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei) / ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Thailand) / ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) / ap-northeast-1
Middle East
Israel (Tel Aviv) / il-central-1
Middle East (Bahrain) / me-south-1
Middle East (UAE) / me-central-1

Regional Prices

Geography
Region Name
Region
Savings Options
Instance Price
USUS East (Virginia)us-east-1compare0.1598
USUS East (Ohio)us-east-2compare0.1598
USUS West (Oregon)us-west-2compare0.1598
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