m8i.48xlargevsm8idb.48xlarge

m8i.48xlarge is 45% cheaper than m8idb.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $5,963.81 a month.

At a glancem8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
On-demand$10.161/hr45% less$18.33/hr
Lowest rate$1.911/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.063/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 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.48xlargem8idb.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge vs m8i.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.161$18.33▲ 80%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$1.91189% off$2.063▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$7.46527% off$13.396▲ 79%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$5.15355% off$8.194▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m8i.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$10.161 vs $18.33 per hour
45% cheaper
Where m8idb.48xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS720,000 vs 240,000
3× higher
Network baseline200 Gbps vs 75 Gbps
2.7× higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
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.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking3 of 8 differm8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
Network75000 Megabit200 Gigabit
Network baseline75 Gbps200 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps200 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
Storage9 of 12 differm8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
StorageEBS only3 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks–3 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput60000 Mbps150000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps150,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth60,000 Mbps150,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput7,500 MB/s18,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput7,500 MB/s18,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000720,000
EBS max IOPS240,000720,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differm8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlarge
Familym8im8idb
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m8i.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm8i.48xlargem8idb.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.161$18.33▲ 80%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.161$18.33▲ 80%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.161$18.33▲ 80%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$11.325$20.487▲ 81%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$11.325$20.066▲ 77%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.124$23.587▲ 80%

Keep exploring

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

m8i.48xlargeGeneral purpose, m8i family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.