ecs.r8a.4xlarge by Alibaba Cloud
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | alicloud |
Name | ecs.r8a.4xlarge |
Description | ecs.r8a family (16 vCPUs, 128 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage) |
Family | ecs.r8a |
Hw Virt | |
Average Time To Start | 12.33 |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-10T23:54:53.387877 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Shenzhen (CN) / cn-shenzhen | 0.1599 USD/h | 0.8418 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 16 |
Hypervisor | KVM |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 16 |
CPU Speed | 2.7 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | AMD |
CPU Family | EPYC |
CPU Model | 9T24 |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 8 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 32 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 32 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ht, syscall, nx, mmxext, fxsr_opt, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, amd_lbr_v2, nopl, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, extd_apicid, aperfmperf, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, monitor, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, cmp_legacy, extapic, cr8_legacy, abm, sse4a, misalignsse, 3dnowprefetch, osvw, ibs, topoext, perfctr_core, perfctr_llc, mwaitx, ssbd, perfmon_v2, ibrs, ibpb, stibp, ibrs_enhanced, vmmcall, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, avx512ifma, clflushopt, clwb, avx512cd, sha_ni, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, xsaves, avx512_bf16, clzero, irperf, xsaveerptr, rdpru, wbnoinvd, arat, avx512vbmi, umip, pku, ospke, avx512_vbmi2, gfni, vaes, vpclmulqdq, avx512_vnni, avx512_bitalg, avx512_vpopcntdq, rdpid, fsrm |
Ecpus | 8 |
Scalability | 50 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 128 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 128 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 7 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
CPU and System Topology
Server Description
A memory-optimized virtual server featuring dedicated AMD EPYC processors and high memory density for database and caching workloads.
Alibaba Cloud ecs.r8a.4xlarge is a memory-optimized virtual server instance powered by the KVM hypervisor and an AMD EPYC 9T24 processor. It features 16 dedicated physical cores and 16 vCPUs on the x86_64 architecture, paired with 128.0 GB of RAM, providing a high 8.0 GB per core ratio. The instance lacks local storage and GPU accelerators, but offers a baseline network bandwidth of 7 Gbps. Performance benchmarks show strong single-core CPU capabilities, alongside average multi-core and database execution speeds. However, a tradeoff exists in memory bandwidth, where uncached large-block reads are weak compared to high cached small-block performance. This instance is well-suited for memory-intensive workloads such as in-memory databases, caching layers, and enterprise applications.
Economics
Performance
Workload Profiles
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 26392 |
Compression | 313088 |
Encryption | 19273 |
Extended Instructions | 21881 |
Floating Point Maths | 42493 |
Integer Maths | 75967 |
Physics | 2470 |
Prime Numbers | 125 |
Single Threaded | 2879 |
String Sorting | 45234 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 2410 |
Database Operations | 7854 |
Memory Latency | 86 |
Memory Read Cached | 27476 |
Memory Read Uncached | 24726 |
Memory Write | 26026 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecs.r8a.large | 2 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.r8a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 GiB | 0 |
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