m8a.largevsm8azn.large

m8a.large is 41% cheaper than m8azn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $61.90 a month.

At a glancem8a.largem8azn.large
On-demand$0.1217/hr41% less$0.2065/hr
Lowest rate$0.0325/hr43% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0573/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem8azn.largem8azn.large vs m8a.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1217$0.2065▲ 70%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$0.032572% off$0.0573▲ 76%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.089424% off$0.1561▲ 75%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.061748% off$0.107▲ 73%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8a.large leads
On-demand price$0.1217 vs $0.2065 per hour
41% cheaper
Where m8azn.large leads
Network baseline4.17 Gbps vs 0.937 Gbps
4.5× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps vs 650 Mbps
92% higher
Clock speedUp to 5 GHz vs Up to 4.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differm8a.largem8azn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
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.largem8azn.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking4 of 8 differm8a.largem8azn.large
NetworkUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps4.17 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces34
IPv4 addresses per interface2020
Storage7 of 11 differm8a.largem8azn.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 15 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6005,000
EBS max IOPS40,00060,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8a.largem8azn.large
Familym8am8azn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8a.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8a.largem8azn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1217$0.2065▲ 70%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1217$0.2065▲ 70%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1217$0.2065▲ 70%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1357$0.2301▲ 70%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1458$0.2473▲ 70%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1572$0.2667▲ 70%

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m8a.largeGeneral purpose, m8a family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.