m8a.large
m8a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1217 per hour on demand ($88.84 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0325 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.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.1217 | $0.0325 | $0.0894 | $0.0617 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.1217 | $0.0223 | $0.0894 | $0.0617 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.1217 | $0.0382 | $0.0894 | $0.0617 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.1281 | $0.0243 | $0.0945 | $0.0644 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.1281 | $0.0128 | $0.0945 | $0.0644 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.1357 | $0.0206 | $0.103 | $0.0713 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.1357 | $0.0465 | $0.103 | $0.0713 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.1458 | $0.0531 | $0.1112 | $0.0758 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.1534 | – | $0.1213 | $0.0803 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.1572 | $0.0532 | $0.1191 | $0.0817 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.1217 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.1252 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.1505 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.178 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.1855 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.1893 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.2137 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.2181 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.2813 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.6017 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.6305 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.6655 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.6937 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor |
| CPU maker | AMD |
| Clock speed | Up to 4.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 4.5 GHz |
| Processor features | AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512 |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.937 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 20 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 650 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 81.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 3,600 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8a.large |
| Family | m8a |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 4 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other m8a sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m8a.medium | 1 | 4 | $0.0609 |
| m8a.large | 2 | 8 | $0.1217 |
| m8a.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.2434 |
| m8a.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.4869 |
| m8a.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.9738 |
| m8a.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.948 |
| m8a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.921 |
| m8a.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $3.895 |
| m8a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.843 |
| m8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $5.843 |
| m8a.48xlarge | 192 | 768 | $11.685 |
| m8a.metal-48xl | 192 | 768 | $11.685 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.