m8a.12xlarge

m8a.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.921 per hour on demand ($2,132.55 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.6882 per hour. It is sold in 10 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.921$0.6882$2.146$1.482
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.921$0.8457$2.146$1.482
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.921$0.7584$2.146$1.482
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$3.073$0.3073$2.268$1.544
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$3.073$0.7744$2.269$1.545
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$3.256$0.8863$2.471$1.71
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.256$1.602$2.471$1.711
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.499$1.261$2.668$1.82
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$3.682–$2.911$1.927
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.773$1.365$2.858$1.96
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$2.921––
Ubuntu Pro$3.005––
SUSE$3.046––
RHEL$3.44––
Linux SQL Web$3.732––
RHEL HA$4.112––
RHEL SQL Web$4.251––
Windows$5.129––
Windows SQL Web$5.941––
Linux SQL Std$8.681––
RHEL SQL Std$9.20––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.872––
Windows SQL Std$10.889––
Linux SQL Ent$20.921––
RHEL SQL Ent$21.44––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$22.112––
Windows SQL Ent$23.129––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores48
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)192
NetworkingValue
Network22.5 Gbps
Network baseline22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces12
IPv4 addresses per interface64
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8a.12xlarge
Familym8a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other generations

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Other m8a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m8a.medium14$0.0609
m8a.large28$0.1217
m8a.xlarge416$0.2434
m8a.2xlarge832$0.4869
m8a.4xlarge1664$0.9738
m8a.8xlarge32128$1.948
m8a.12xlarge48192$2.921
m8a.16xlarge64256$3.895
m8a.24xlarge96384$5.843
m8a.metal-24xl96384$5.843
m8a.48xlarge192768$11.685
m8a.metal-48xl192768$11.685

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