m8a.metal-48xlvsm8i.metal-48xl

m8i.metal-48xl is 13% cheaper than m8a.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,112.88 a month.

At a glancem8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$11.685/hr$10.161/hr13% less
Lowest rate$1.169/hr48% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.229/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel 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.

Optionm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl vs m8a.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$11.685$10.161▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted90% off$1.16978% off$2.229▲ 91%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$8.58527% off$7.465▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$5.92649% off$5.153▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8a.metal-48xl leads
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Max EBS volumes79 vs 64
23% higher
Where m8i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$10.161 vs $11.685 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

9 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)768768
NetworkingAll 8 matchm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Network75000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
Storage1 of 11 differm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput60000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7964
Instance details1 of 9 differm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xl
Familym8am8i
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 m8a.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8a.metal-48xlm8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.685$10.161▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.685$10.161▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.685$10.161▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$12.293$10.69▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$12.294$10.69▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$13.023$11.325▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$13.023$11.325▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.997$12.172▼ 13%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$14.727$12.806▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$15.093$13.124▼ 13%

Keep exploring

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

m8a.metal-48xlGeneral purpose, m8a family
m8a.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the m8a family

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