m8a.xlarge
m8a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2434 per hour on demand ($177.68 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0593 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 | $0.2434 | $0.0593 | $0.1789 | $0.1235 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.2434 | $0.0581 | $0.1789 | $0.1235 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.2434 | $0.0836 | $0.1789 | $0.1235 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.2561 | $0.0725 | $0.1891 | $0.1287 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.2561 | $0.0256 | $0.189 | $0.1287 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.2713 | $0.0377 | $0.2059 | $0.1425 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.2713 | $0.0933 | $0.206 | $0.1426 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.2916 | $0.1023 | $0.2223 | $0.1517 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.3068 | – | $0.2426 | $0.1606 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.3144 | $0.1027 | $0.2382 | $0.1634 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.2434 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.2504 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.2997 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.301 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.311 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.3686 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.371 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.4274 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.495 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.7234 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.781 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.851 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.9074 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.743 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.801 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.871 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.927 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| 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) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.875 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| 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 | 1,250 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 156.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8a.xlarge |
| Family | m8a |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| 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.