m8gd.mediumvsm9gd.medium

m8gd.medium is 8% cheaper than m9gd.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3.80 a month.

At a glancem8gd.mediumm9gd.medium
On-demand$0.0577/hr8% less$0.0629/hr
Lowest rate$0.014/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0127/hr9% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 4 GiB1 vCPUs, 4 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.mediumm9gd.mediumm9gd.medium vs m8gd.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0577$0.0629▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$0.01480% off$0.0127▼ 9%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.042227% off$0.046▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.02950% off$0.0316▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8gd.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0577 vs $0.0629 per hour
8% cheaper
Where m9gd.medium leads
IPv4 addresses per interface20 vs 4
5× higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth380 Mbps vs 315 Mbps
21% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differm8gd.mediumm9gd.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumm9gd.medium
Memory (GiB)44
Networking4 of 8 differm8gd.mediumm9gd.medium
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.55 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface420
Storage6 of 12 differm8gd.mediumm9gd.medium
Storage1 x 59 NVMe SSD1 x 59 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 59 GB SSD1 × 59 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10 GbpsUp to 12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps380 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps12,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s47.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00048,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differm8gd.mediumm9gd.medium
Familym8gdm9gd
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
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 m8gd.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8gd.mediumm9gd.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0577$0.0629▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0577$0.0629▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0577$0.0629▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.0612$0.0667▲ 9%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0643$0.0701▲ 9%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0643$0.0701▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0694$0.0757▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.072$0.0784▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0725$0.079▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0745$0.0812▲ 9%

Keep exploring

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

m8gd.mediumGeneral purpose, m8gd family
m8gd.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m8gd family

Compare m8gd.medium with

m8g.mediumr8gd.mediumc8gd.mediumm7gd.medium
m9gd.mediumGeneral purpose, m9gd family
m9gd.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m9gd family

Compare m9gd.medium with

c9gd.mediumm9g.mediumr9gd.medium

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 50% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

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