r7i.large

Custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids) Next-generation memory-optimized instance (8:1 memory to vCPU ratio), up to 15% better price-performance than R6i, uses DDR5 memory, supports Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), and allows up to 128 EBS volumes. Bare metal sizes support Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT)

available for self-hosted runners on RunsOn

cpu speed · passmark single-thread

2,828pts

Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8488C (x86_64)
averaged over many days · higher is faster

vcpus

physical threads

memory

15.3 GiB

ram

clock speed

3.2 GHz

max frequency

architecture

x86_64

EC2 instance family: r7i

What the family is built for, the silicon underneath, and how to ask RunsOn for it.

r7i memory optimized

cpu type

Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) — Custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids)

architecture

x86_64 · x86_64

highlights

Next-generation memory-optimized instance (8:1 memory to vCPU ratio), up to 15% better price-performance than R6i, uses DDR5 memory, supports Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), and allows up to 128 EBS volumes. Bare metal sizes support Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT)

released

October 16, 2023

.github/workflows/ci.yml yaml

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on:
      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}
      - family=r7i
      - cpu=2

the label is a query — each line one constraint, resolved at launch. job labels →

Availability & price by region

Spot is the average price RunsOn pays in your own AWS account — no per-minute markup. The bar shows how far under on-demand each region runs; the badge is the observed spot-interruption frequency.

N. Virginia

us-east-1

best spot

spot · avg $0.0499/hr

on-demand$0.1323

savings vs on-demand65%

spot interrupt freq >20%

Oregon

us-west-2

spot · avg $0.0449/hr

on-demand$0.1323

savings vs on-demand60%

spot interrupt freq 15-20%

Ireland

eu-west-1

spot · avg $0.0715/hr

on-demand$0.1480

savings vs on-demand56%

spot interrupt freq >20%

Frankfurt

eu-central-1

spot · avg $0.0587/hr

on-demand$0.1596

savings vs on-demand57%

spot interrupt freq <5%

Spot prices are trailing averages per region and move with the market. On-demand is the list reference. Interrupt frequency is AWS's published spot-advisor band for this instance type.

About these benchmarks

CPU is the Passmark single-thread metric, run on a live r7i.large instance and averaged over many days so a single noisy run can't skew the score.

Pricing is normalized to the hourly rate AWS bills, then shown per region. Spot is the trailing average; savings is measured against the same region's on-demand list price.

This instance is launched the exact same way any RunsOn job launches it — ephemeral EC2 in your account, one CloudFormation stack, nothing to babysit.

metricpassmark · single-thread

samples21 runs

regions4 · us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, eu-central-1

last updatedJuly 1, 2026

Run r7i.large in your own account.

The benchmark runs on the same RunsOn anyone can deploy. One CloudFormation stack, your AWS account, ~10 minutes.

self-host → ← all ec2 instances