m8a.mediumvsm8g.medium

m8g.medium is 26% cheaper than m8a.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $11.68 a month. They use different processor architectures (x86_64 and arm64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancem8a.mediumm8g.medium
On-demand$0.0609/hr$0.0449/hr26% less
Lowest rate$0.0129/hr20% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0161/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 4 GiB1 vCPUs, 4 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturex86_64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm8a.mediumm8g.mediumm8g.medium vs m8a.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0609$0.0449▼ 26%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.012964% off$0.0161▲ 25%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—34% off$0.0297—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—55% off$0.0204—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.044727% off$0.033▼ 26%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.030949% off$0.0228▼ 26%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8a.medium leads
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
67% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth325 Mbps vs 315 Mbps
3% higher
Where m8g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0449 vs $0.0609 per hour
26% cheaper

Specs

12 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differm8a.mediumm8g.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAMDAWS
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512–
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8a.mediumm8g.medium
Memory (GiB)44
Networking1 of 8 differm8a.mediumm8g.medium
NetworkUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage3 of 11 differm8a.mediumm8g.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth325 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput40.625 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differm8a.mediumm8g.medium
Familym8am8g
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm8a.mediumm8g.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0609$0.0449▼ 26%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0609$0.0449▼ 26%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0609$0.0449▼ 26%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.064$0.0321▼ 50%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.064$0.0321▼ 50%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0678$0.05▼ 26%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0678$0.05▼ 26%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0729$0.0538▼ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0767$0.0566▼ 26%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0786$0.058▼ 26%

Keep exploring

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

m8a.mediumGeneral purpose, m8a family
m8a.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m8a family

Compare m8a.medium with

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m8g.mediumGeneral purpose, m8g family
m8g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

Compare m8g.medium with

c8g.mediumr8g.mediumm8gd.mediumm8gb.mediumm8gn.mediumm7g.mediumm9g.medium

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