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m8g.4xlarge is 38% cheaper than m8gb.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $325.51 a month.

At a glancem8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
On-demand$0.7181/hr38% less$1.164/hr
Lowest rate$0.2207/hr49% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.4289/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 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.4xlargem8gb.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge vs m8g.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.7181$1.164▲ 62%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.220763% off$0.4289▲ 94%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.475——
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.3257——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.527627% off$0.8493▲ 61%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.364256% off$0.5154▲ 42%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8g.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.7181 vs $1.164 per hour
38% cheaper
Where m8gb.4xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS120,000 vs 20,000
6× higher
Network baseline33.333 Gbps vs 7.5 Gbps
4.4× higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4% higher

Specs

12 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores1616
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.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differm8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 15 Gigabit33.333 Gigabit
Network baseline7.5 Gbps33.333 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps33.333 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 11 differm8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 Gbps25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000120,000
EBS max IOPS40,000120,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlarge
Familym8gm8gb
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8g.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8g.4xlargem8gb.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.7181$1.164▲ 62%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.7181$1.164▲ 62%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.8003$1.301▲ 63%

Keep exploring

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

m8g.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m8g family
m8g.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

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m8gb.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8gb family

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