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The r8i.large is a memory optimised instance in the r8i family with 2 vCPU and 16 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids). It costs $111.07 a month on-demand in ca-west-1 (Calgary) and is offered in 26 regions.
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Aug 2026
First listed in the AWS price list archive
The list price has never changed in ca-west-1 since then.
Archive dates are the month of the AWS price list version that first carried the price.
Last moved 1 h ago, 24 Oct 2026 +0.3%
Moves a little: a 3% range over 2 days, 7 moves.
Tracked since 22 Oct 2026, read every few minutes.
| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 19cpu | $5.85 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 7cpu | $15.87 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 3cpu | $37.02 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 1cpu | $111.07 |
Node share from GKE's published kube-reserved formula plus a 100 MiB eviction threshold; EKS and AKS keep similar amounts. DaemonSets take more on top. At most 110 pods per node, the kubelet default.
First year, 3 instances
Spot saves $2,971 a year
Reserved capacity is billed every hour of the month whether it runs or not.
Bars are on-demand per hour; the teal mark is spot. Price per vCPU is the same at every size, so pick the size that fits.
3.3g CO₂ an hour in ca-west-1
2.4 kg a month. Grid 185 g per kWh.
Lowest-carbon regions for this type. The dirtiest emits 116× the cleanest.
| $101.41 | $33.36 | 67% | 4 | |
| $101.41 | $28.47 | 72% | 6 | |
| $101.41 | $19.13 | 81% | 8 | |
| $103.98 | $31.17 | 70% | 2 | |
| $104.63 | $10.44 | 90% | 12 | |
| $104.63 | $30.51 | 71% | 12 | |
| $107.85 | $12.34 | 89% | 0 | |
| $111.07 | $35.04 | 68% | 2 |
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List prices from AWS in US dollars, before discounts, credits and taxes. A month is 730 hours, a year 8,760. AWS pricing page