m8i-flex.2xlargevsm8i.2xlarge

m8i-flex.2xlarge is 5% cheaper than m8i.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $15.48 a month.

At a glancem8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.4022/hr5% less$0.4234/hr
Lowest rate$0.1348/hr20% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1683/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlargem8i.2xlarge vs m8i-flex.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.4022$0.4234▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.134860% off$0.1683▲ 25%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.295527% off$0.311▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.20449% off$0.2147▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8i-flex.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.4022 vs $0.4234 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m8i.2xlarge leads
Network baseline3.75 Gbps vs 1.875 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2× higher

Specs

7 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 8 differm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Network baseline1.875 Gbps3.75 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage3 of 11 differm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00012,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details3 of 10 differm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
Familym8i-flexm8i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8i-flex.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.4022$0.4234▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.4022$0.4234▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.4022$0.4234▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.4232$0.4454▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.4232$0.4454▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.4273$0.4498▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.4483$0.4719▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.4483$0.4719▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.4483$0.4719▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.4483$0.4719▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.465$0.4895▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.4692$0.4939▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.4692$0.4939▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.4818$0.5072▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.4944$0.5204▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.5028$0.5292▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.5028$0.5292▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.507$0.5336▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.507$0.5336▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.5195$0.5468▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.5279$0.5557▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.5321$0.5601▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.641$0.6747▲ 5%

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