m8gn.48xlargevsm8in.48xlarge

m8gn.48xlarge is 13% cheaper than m8in.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,512.34 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancem8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
On-demand$13.968/hr13% less$16.04/hr
Lowest rate$4.118/hrSpot, can be interrupted$3.673/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlargem8in.48xlarge vs m8gn.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$13.968$16.04▲ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$4.11877% off$3.673▼ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$10.19227% off$11.703▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$6.18556% off$7.102▲ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8gn.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$13.968 vs $16.04 per hour
13% cheaper
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Network baseline600 Gbps vs 300 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth120,000 Mbps vs 60,000 Mbps
2× higher
Where m8in.48xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
44% higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher

Specs

22 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking5 of 9 differm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
Network600 Gigabit300 Gigabit
Network baseline600 Gbps300 Gbps
Network peak600 Gbps300 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Network cards2–
Storage7 of 11 differm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput120000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth120,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth120,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput15,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput15,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS480,000240,000
EBS max IOPS480,000240,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details2 of 10 differm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlarge
Familym8gnm8in
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8gn.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8gn.48xlargem8in.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$13.968$16.04▲ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$13.968$16.04▲ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$15.611$17.926▲ 15%

Keep exploring

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

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