m7i.metal-48xlvsm8i.metal-48xl

m7i.metal-48xl is 5% cheaper than m8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $353.17 a month.

At a glancem7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$9.677/hr5% less$10.161/hr
Lowest rate$0.9677/hr57% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.229/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite 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.

Optionm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl vs m7i.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$9.677$10.161▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted90% off$0.967778% off$2.229▲ 130%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$6.401——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$4.389——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$7.10927% off$7.465▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$4.90749% off$5.153▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m7i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$9.677 vs $10.161 per hour
5% cheaper
Max EBS volumes79 vs 64
23% higher
Where m8i.metal-48xl leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

15 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking5 of 8 differm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Network50000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage6 of 11 differm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7964
Instance details1 of 9 differm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Familym7im8i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m7i.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm7i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$9.677$10.161▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$9.677$10.161▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$9.677$10.161▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$10.181$10.69▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$10.181$10.69▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$10.282$10.795▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$10.786$11.325▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$10.786$11.325▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$10.786$11.325▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$11.189$11.748▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$11.29$11.854▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$11.29$11.854▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$11.592$12.172▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$11.894$12.489▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$12.096$12.701▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$12.096$12.701▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$12.197$12.806▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$12.197$12.806▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$12.499$13.124▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$12.701$13.336▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$12.802$13.442▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$15.422$16.193▲ 5%

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