m7a.48xlargevsm7i.48xlarge

m7i.48xlarge is 13% cheaper than m7a.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,059.59 a month.

At a glancem7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
On-demand$11.128/hr$9.677/hr13% less
Lowest rate$2.699/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.823/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlargem7i.48xlarge vs m7a.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$11.128$9.677▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$2.69971% off$2.823▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$7.36134% off$6.401▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$5.04855% off$4.389▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$8.17627% off$7.109▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$5.64449% off$4.907▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m7a.48xlarge leads
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Where m7i.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$9.677 vs $11.128 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
NetworkingAll 8 matchm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
Network50000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlarge
Familym7am7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m7a.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm7a.48xlargem7i.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.128$9.677▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.128$9.677▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.128$9.677▼ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$11.823$10.282▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.403$10.786▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$12.403$10.786▼ 13%
EU (London)eu-west-2$12.867$11.189▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.331$11.592▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.91$12.096▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$14.374$12.499▼ 13%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.