m8a.xlargevsm8azn.xlarge

m8a.xlarge is 41% cheaper than m8azn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $123.73 a month.

At a glancem8a.xlargem8azn.xlarge
On-demand$0.2434/hr41% less$0.4129/hr
Lowest rate$0.0593/hr53% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.125/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem8azn.xlargem8azn.xlarge vs m8a.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.2434$0.4129▲ 70%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$0.059370% off$0.125▲ 111%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.178924% off$0.3122▲ 75%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.123548% off$0.2141▲ 73%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8a.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.2434 vs $0.4129 per hour
41% cheaper
Where m8azn.xlarge leads
Network baseline8.33 Gbps vs 1.875 Gbps
4.4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2× higher
Clock speedUp to 5 GHz vs Up to 4.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differm8a.xlargem8azn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
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.xlargem8azn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differm8a.xlargem8azn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Network baseline1.875 Gbps8.33 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps40 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface2020
Storage7 of 11 differm8a.xlargem8azn.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 15 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00010,000
EBS max IOPS40,00060,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8a.xlargem8azn.xlarge
Familym8am8azn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8a.xlargem8azn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.2434$0.4129▲ 70%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.2434$0.4129▲ 70%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.2434$0.4129▲ 70%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.2713$0.4603▲ 70%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2916$0.4947▲ 70%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.3144$0.5334▲ 70%

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