m8a.metal-24xlvsm8azn.metal-24xl

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

At a glancem8a.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
On-demand$5.843/hr41% less$9.91/hr
Lowest rate$1.27/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.991/hr22% 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.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl vs m8a.metal-24xl
On-demandPay by the hour$5.843$9.91▲ 70%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$1.2790% off$0.991▼ 22%
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.metal-24xl leads
On-demand price$5.843 vs $9.91 per hour
41% cheaper
Where m8azn.metal-24xl 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 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differm8a.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
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.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking4 of 8 differm8a.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
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.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
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 volumes6479
Instance details1 of 9 differm8a.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xl
Familym8am8azn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8a.metal-24xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8a.metal-24xlm8azn.metal-24xlDifference
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.metal-24xlGeneral purpose, m8a family
m8a.metal-24xl prices and specsEvery size in the m8a family

Compare m8a.metal-24xl with

m8g.metal-24xlr8a.metal-24xlc8a.metal-24xl
m8azn.metal-24xlGeneral purpose, m8azn family
m8azn.metal-24xl prices and specsEvery size in the m8azn family

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