m6a.8xlarge

m6a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.382 per hour on demand ($1,009.15 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.9145 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5517 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.8888 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$0.8888$0.44$0.587$0.4042$0.656$0.4467
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.8888$0.0889$0.5879$0.4032$0.6568$0.4467
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.382$0.5517$0.9145$0.6271$1.016$0.7011
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.382$0.2745$0.9145$0.6271$1.016$0.7011
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.382$0.5711$0.9145$0.6271$1.016$0.7011
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.541$0.5168$1.016$0.7022$1.126$0.7776
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.541$0.7764$1.019$0.6989$1.17$0.8095
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.598$0.5289$1.056$0.7267$1.214$0.8315
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$1.613$0.392$1.067$0.7316$1.224$0.8475
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.613$0.5742$1.064$0.7348$1.223$0.8475
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.613$0.5871$1.064$0.7348$1.227$0.8414
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.656$0.6938$1.095$0.7512$1.263$0.8613
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.728$0.7759$1.143$0.7838$1.287$0.8764
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.728$0.7502$1.143$0.7838$1.313$0.9047
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.786$0.6992$1.183$0.8087$1.353$0.9277
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.203$0.3516$1.365$0.9961$1.497$1.143
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$1.382$0.9145$0.6271
Ubuntu Pro$1.438––
SUSE$1.507$0.9745$0.6811
RHEL$1.728$1.26$0.9727
Linux SQL Web$1.923$1.455$1.168
RHEL HA$2.176$1.708$1.421
RHEL SQL Web$2.269––
Windows$2.854$2.386$2.099
Windows SQL Web$3.395$2.927$2.64
Linux SQL Std$5.222$4.755$4.467
RHEL SQL Std$5.568––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.016––
Windows SQL Std$6.694$6.226$5.939
Linux SQL Ent$13.382$12.915$12.627
RHEL SQL Ent$13.728––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.176––
Windows SQL Ent$14.854$14.386$14.099

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.8xlarge
Familym6a
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 generations

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Other m6a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m6a.large28$0.0864
m6a.xlarge416$0.1728
m6a.2xlarge832$0.3456
m6a.4xlarge1664$0.6912
m6a.8xlarge32128$1.382
m6a.12xlarge48192$2.074
m6a.16xlarge64256$2.765
m6a.24xlarge96384$4.147
m6a.32xlarge128512$5.53
m6a.48xlarge192768$8.294
m6a.metal192768$8.294

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