m5a.8xlarge

m5a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.376 per hour on demand ($1,004.48 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.867 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4996 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.889 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.889$0.4327$0.56$0.384$0.657$0.447
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.376$0.4996$0.867$0.594$1.007$0.695
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.376$0.3034$0.867$0.594$1.007$0.695
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.376$0.5808$0.867$0.594$1.007$0.695
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.536$0.3577$0.968$0.664$1.123$0.774
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.536$0.7973$0.968$0.664$1.245$0.876
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.60$0.6757$1.008$0.691$1.288$0.931
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$1.616$0.5123$1.018$0.698$1.303$0.92
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.616$0.6172$1.018$0.698$1.306$0.921
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.616$0.6577$1.018$0.698$1.393$0.948
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.664$0.7477$1.048$0.719$1.363$1.003
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.696$0.5398$1.056$0.733$1.215$0.889
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.728$0.7896$1.089$0.746$1.286$0.877
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.728$0.8017$1.089$0.746$1.375$0.982
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$1.744–$1.099$0.753$1.379$0.914
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.744–$1.099$0.753$1.377$0.916
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.792$0.7348$1.129$0.774$1.434$1.043
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.208$0.305$1.303$0.954$1.498$1.15
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.376$0.867$0.594
Ubuntu Pro$1.432––
SUSE$1.501$0.927$0.648
RHEL$1.722$1.212$0.94
Linux SQL Web$1.917$1.408$1.135
RHEL HA$2.17$1.66$1.388
RHEL SQL Web$2.262––
Windows$2.848$2.339$2.066
Windows SQL Web$3.389$2.88$2.607
Linux SQL Std$5.216$4.707$4.434
RHEL SQL Std$5.562––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.01––
Windows SQL Std$6.688$6.179$5.906
Linux SQL Ent$13.376$12.867$12.594
RHEL SQL Ent$13.722––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.17––
Windows SQL Ent$14.848$14.339$14.066

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5a.8xlarge
Familym5a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other m5a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5a.large28$0.086
m5a.xlarge416$0.172
m5a.2xlarge832$0.344
m5a.4xlarge1664$0.688
m5a.8xlarge32128$1.376
m5a.12xlarge48192$2.064
m5a.16xlarge64256$2.752
m5a.24xlarge96384$4.128

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.