m8gd.12xlargevsm9gd.12xlarge

m8gd.12xlarge is 8% cheaper than m9gd.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $181.84 a month.

At a glancem8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
On-demand$2.768/hr8% less$3.017/hr
Lowest rate$2.59/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.7798/hr70% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge vs m8gd.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.768$3.017▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted6% off$2.5974% off$0.7798▼ 70%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.02727% off$2.209▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.39350% off$1.518▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8gd.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.768 vs $3.017 per hour
8% cheaper
Where m9gd.12xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface50 vs 30
67% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth18,000 Mbps vs 15,000 Mbps
20% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking5 of 8 differm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
Network22500 Megabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline22.5 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage7 of 12 differm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
Storage3 x 950 NVMe SSD3 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks3 × 950 GB SSD3 × 950 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps18000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps18,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps18,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s2,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s2,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00072,000
EBS max IOPS60,00072,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlarge
Familym8gdm9gd
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 m8gd.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8gd.12xlargem9gd.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.768$3.017▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.768$3.017▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.768$3.017▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.936$3.20▲ 9%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.086$3.364▲ 9%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.086$3.364▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.331$3.631▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.454$3.765▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.478$3.791▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.576$3.898▲ 9%

Keep exploring

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

m8gd.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m8gd family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.