m8g.mediumvsr8g.medium

m8g.medium is 24% cheaper than r8g.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10.22 a month.

At a glancem8g.mediumr8g.medium
On-demand$0.0449/hr24% less$0.0589/hr
Lowest rate$0.0161/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0125/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 4 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.mediumr8g.mediumr8g.medium vs m8g.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0449$0.0589▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.016179% off$0.0125▼ 22%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.029734% off$0.039▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.020455% off$0.0267▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.03328% off$0.0427▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.022848% off$0.0307▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0449 vs $0.0589 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r8g.medium leads
Memory (GiB)8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

3 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchm8g.mediumr8g.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz2.7 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm8g.mediumr8g.medium
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingAll 8 matchm8g.mediumr8g.medium
NetworkUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
StorageAll 11 matchm8g.mediumr8g.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 GbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differm8g.mediumr8g.medium
Familym8gr8g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8g.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8g.mediumr8g.mediumDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0321$0.0413▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0321$0.0413▲ 29%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0449$0.0589▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0449$0.0589▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0449$0.0589▲ 31%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.0471$0.0619▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.0477$0.0604▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.0477$0.0604▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.0477$0.0627▲ 31%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.05$0.0645▲ 29%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.05$0.0645▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.05$0.0659▲ 32%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.05$0.0659▲ 32%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0519$0.0692▲ 33%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.0524$0.069▲ 32%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0524$0.0692▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0524$0.0654▲ 25%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0538$0.0711▲ 32%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.055$0.0725▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.0552$0.0711▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.0561$0.0711▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.0561$0.0706▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0561$0.0711▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0561$0.0706▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0565$0.0706▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0566$0.0706▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.058$0.0711▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.058$0.0711▲ 23%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0591$0.0782▲ 32%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.0594$0.0785▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.0617$0.0781▲ 27%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0715$0.0937▲ 31%

Keep exploring

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

m8g.mediumGeneral purpose, m8g family
m8g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m8g family

Compare m8g.medium with

c8g.mediumm8a.mediumm8gd.mediumm8gb.mediumm8gn.mediumm7g.mediumm9g.medium
r8g.mediumMemory optimized, r8g family
r8g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the r8g family

Compare r8g.medium with

c8g.mediumr8gd.mediumr8a.mediumr8gb.mediumr8gn.mediumr7g.mediumr9g.medium

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