m8gd.48xlargevsm9gd.48xlarge

m8gd.48xlarge is 8% cheaper than m9gd.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $727.44 a month.

At a glancem8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
On-demand$11.071/hr8% less$12.067/hr
Lowest rate$2.546/hrSpot, can be interrupted$2.411/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 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.48xlargem9gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge vs m8gd.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$11.071$12.067▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$2.54680% off$2.411▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$8.10727% off$8.837▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$5.57250% off$6.073▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8gd.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$11.071 vs $12.067 per hour
8% cheaper
Where m9gd.48xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth72,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
80% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

18 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking5 of 8 differm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
Network50 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline50 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage9 of 12 differm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
Storage6 x 1900 NVMe SSD3 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks6 × 1,900 GB SSD3 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps72000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps72,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps72,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s9,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s9,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000288,000
EBS max IOPS240,000288,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlarge
Familym8gdm9gd
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8gd.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8gd.48xlargem9gd.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$11.071$12.067▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$11.071$12.067▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$11.071$12.067▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$11.743$12.799▲ 9%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$12.346$13.457▲ 9%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$12.346$13.457▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$13.325$14.525▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$13.814$15.059▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.912$15.164▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$14.304$15.59▲ 9%

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