m8a.16xlarge

m8a.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.895 per hour on demand ($2,843.35 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.8559 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$3.895$0.8559$2.862$1.975
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.895$0.946$2.862$1.975
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.895$1.425$2.862$1.975
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$4.098$0.4098$3.025$2.059
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$4.098$0.7249$3.025$2.059
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$4.341$0.4341$3.295$2.281
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.341$1.984$3.295$2.281
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.666$1.546$3.558$2.427
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.909–$3.881$2.569
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.031$1.425$3.811$2.614
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$3.895––
Ubuntu Pro$4.007––
SUSE$4.02––
RHEL$4.586––
Linux SQL Web$4.977––
RHEL HA$5.482––
RHEL SQL Web$5.668––
Windows$6.839––
Windows SQL Web$7.921––
Linux SQL Std$11.575––
RHEL SQL Std$12.266––
RHEL HA SQL Std$13.162––
Windows SQL Std$14.519––
Linux SQL Ent$27.895––
RHEL SQL Ent$28.586––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$29.482––
Windows SQL Ent$30.839––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores64
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)256
NetworkingValue
Network30 Gbps
Network baseline30 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces16
IPv4 addresses per interface64
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes48
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8a.16xlarge
Familym8a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.