r3.8xlarge
**Upgrade R3 to R4 where possible, do not use for new applications** The R4 family of instances provide a newer Intel Xeon processor, up to 488 GiB of RAM, are EBS optimized by default and support for Enhanced Networking with up to 25 Gbps offering lower latency, and low jitter.
The r3.8xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Memory | 244 GiB |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge) |
| Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | 10 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 2 x 320 SSD |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | No |
| Instance Type | r3.8xlarge |
| Family | Memory optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| r3.large | 2 | 15 |
| r3.xlarge | 4 | 30 |
| r3.2xlarge | 8 | 61 |
| r3.4xlarge | 16 | 122 |
| r3.8xlarge | 32 | 244 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| x8i.4xlarge | 16 | 256 GiB |
| x8g.4xlarge | 16 | 256 GiB |
| i8ge.6xlarge | 24 | 192 GiB |
| g6e.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
| i8g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
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