m8a.2xlarge

m8a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.4869 per hour on demand ($355.44 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1402 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$0.4869$0.1402$0.3577$0.2469
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.4869$0.1293$0.3577$0.2469
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.4869$0.1999$0.3577$0.2469
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.5122$0.1328$0.3781$0.2574
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.5122$0.0512$0.3781$0.2574
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.5426$0.0627$0.4119$0.2851
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.5426$0.2426$0.4119$0.2851
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.5832$0.2156$0.4447$0.3033
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.6136–$0.4851$0.3211
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.6289$0.2196$0.4763$0.3267
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$0.4869––
Ubuntu Pro$0.5009––
RHEL$0.6021––
SUSE$0.6119––
Linux SQL Web$0.6221––
RHEL SQL Web$0.7373––
RHEL HA$0.7421––
Windows$0.8549––
Windows SQL Web$0.9901––
Linux SQL Std$1.447––
RHEL SQL Std$1.562––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.702––
Windows SQL Std$1.815––
Linux SQL Ent$3.487––
RHEL SQL Ent$3.602––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.742––
Windows SQL Ent$3.855––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline3.75 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface40
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8a.2xlarge
Familym8a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
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.