m8g.12xlargevsm8gn.12xlarge

m8g.12xlarge is 38% cheaper than m8gn.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $976.59 a month.

At a glancem8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
On-demand$2.154/hr38% less$3.492/hr
Lowest rate$0.4307/hr44% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7712/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge vs m8g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.154$3.492▲ 62%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.430778% off$0.7712▲ 79%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.425——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.9772——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.58327% off$2.548▲ 61%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.09356% off$1.546▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.154 vs $3.492 per hour
38% cheaper
Where m8gn.12xlarge leads
Network baseline150 Gbps vs 22.5 Gbps
6.7× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 15,000 Mbps
2× higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4% higher

Specs

13 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking4 of 8 differm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
Network22.5 Gigabit150 Gigabit
Network baseline22.5 Gbps150 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps150 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 11 differm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000120,000
EBS max IOPS60,000120,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlarge
Familym8gm8gn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8g.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8g.12xlargem8gn.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.154$3.492▲ 62%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.154$3.492▲ 62%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.401$3.903▲ 63%

Keep exploring

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

m8g.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m8g family
m8g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

Compare m8g.12xlarge with

c8g.12xlargem8i.12xlarger8g.12xlargem8a.12xlargem8gd.12xlargem8gb.12xlargem7g.12xlargem9g.12xlarge
m8gn.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m8gn family
m8gn.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8gn family

Compare m8gn.12xlarge with

c8gn.12xlargem8in.12xlarger8gn.12xlarge

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