m8a.24xlargevsm8azn.24xlarge

m8a.24xlarge is 41% cheaper than m8azn.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,969.28 a month.

At a glancem8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
On-demand$5.843/hr41% less$9.91/hr
Lowest rate$2.317/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.695/hr27% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
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.

Optionm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge vs m8a.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.843$9.91▲ 70%
SpotCan be interrupted60% off$2.31783% off$1.695▼ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$4.29224% off$7.492▲ 75%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$2.96348% off$5.137▲ 73%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8a.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.843 vs $9.91 per hour
41% cheaper
Where m8azn.24xlarge leads
Network baseline200 Gbps vs 40 Gbps
5× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 30,000 Mbps
2× higher
Clock speedUp to 5 GHz vs Up to 4.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores9696
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHzUp to 5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking4 of 8 differm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
Network40000 Megabit200 Gigabit
Network baseline40 Gbps200 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps200 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1616
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
Storage8 of 11 differm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput30000 Mbps60 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000240,000
EBS max IOPS120,000240,000
Max EBS volumes64128
Instance details1 of 10 differm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge
Familym8am8azn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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 m8a.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8a.24xlargem8azn.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.843$9.91▲ 70%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.843$9.91▲ 70%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.843$9.91▲ 70%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.512$11.046▲ 70%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.998$11.872▲ 70%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.547$12.801▲ 70%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

m8a.24xlargeGeneral purpose, m8a family
m8a.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8a family

Compare m8a.24xlarge with

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