m8a.metal-24xl

m8a.metal-24xl is an AWS EC2 instance with 96 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.843 per hour on demand ($4,265.10 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.27 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$5.843$1.27$4.292$2.963
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$5.843$1.432$4.292$2.963
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$5.843$1.604$4.292$2.963
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$6.146$0.6146$4.537$3.089
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$6.147$1.032$4.537$3.089
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$6.512$0.9985$4.943$3.421
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$6.512$1.025$4.943$3.421
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$6.998$1.161$5.336$3.64
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$7.364–$5.821$3.853
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$7.547$0.7547$5.716$3.921
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$5.843––
SUSE$5.968––
Ubuntu Pro$6.011––
RHEL$6.879––
Linux SQL Web$7.465––
RHEL HA$8.223––
RHEL SQL Web$8.502––
Windows$10.259––
Windows SQL Web$11.881––
Linux SQL Std$17.363––
RHEL SQL Std$18.399––
RHEL HA SQL Std$19.743––
Windows SQL Std$21.779––
Linux SQL Ent$41.843––
RHEL SQL Ent$42.879––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$44.223––
Windows SQL Ent$46.259––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs96
Physical cores96
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)384
NetworkingValue
Network40 Gbps
Network baseline40 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces16
IPv4 addresses per interface64
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000
Max EBS volumes64
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8a.metal-24xl
Familym8a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor192
Bare metalYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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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.