m8i-flex.4xlargevsr8i-flex.4xlarge

m8i-flex.4xlarge is 24% cheaper than r8i-flex.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $183.52 a month.

At a glancem8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
On-demand$0.8044/hr24% less$1.056/hr
Lowest rate$0.3006/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2847/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge vs m8i-flex.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.8044$1.056▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.300673% off$0.2847▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.59128% off$0.7649▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.407948% off$0.5507▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8i-flex.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.8044 vs $1.056 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r8i-flex.4xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)128 vs 64
2× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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
Memory1 of 1 differm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)64128
NetworkingAll 8 matchm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Network baseline3.75 Gbps3.75 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlarge
Familym8i-flexr8i-flex
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8i-flex.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8i-flex.4xlarger8i-flex.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.8044$1.056▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.8044$1.056▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.8044$1.056▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.8463$1.089▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.8463$1.089▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.8546$1.083▲ 27%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.8966$1.156▲ 29%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.8966$1.156▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.8966$1.181▲ 32%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.8966$1.181▲ 32%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.9301$1.24▲ 33%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.9385$1.24▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.9385$1.173▲ 25%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.9636$1.274▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.9888$1.274▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.006$1.274▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.006$1.265▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.014$1.265▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.014$1.265▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.039$1.274▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.056$1.329▲ 26%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.064$1.408▲ 32%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.282$1.684▲ 31%

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m8i-flex.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m8i-flex family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.