m8g.medium
m8g.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 4 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0449 per hour on demand ($32.78 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0297 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0161 per hour. It is sold in 34 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0321 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0321 | $0.0148 | $0.0212 | $0.0146 | $0.0237 | $0.0161 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0321 | $0.0032 | $0.0212 | $0.0146 | $0.0237 | $0.0161 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0449 | $0.0161 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | $0.033 | $0.0228 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0449 | $0.011 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | $0.033 | $0.0228 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0449 | $0.0127 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | $0.033 | $0.0228 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0471 | – | $0.0312 | $0.0214 | $0.0346 | $0.0239 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0477 | $0.0256 | $0.0316 | $0.0216 | $0.0355 | $0.0242 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0477 | $0.0233 | $0.0316 | $0.0216 | $0.0355 | $0.0242 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0477 | $0.0051 | $0.0316 | $0.0216 | $0.0362 | $0.0248 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.05 | $0.0199 | $0.033 | $0.0228 | $0.0366 | $0.0253 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.05 | $0.012 | $0.033 | $0.0228 | $0.0366 | $0.0253 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.05 | $0.0075 | $0.033 | $0.0226 | $0.038 | $0.0263 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.05 | $0.026 | $0.0331 | $0.0227 | $0.038 | $0.0263 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0519 | $0.0118 | $0.0343 | $0.0236 | $0.0394 | $0.027 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0522 | – | – | – | $0.0395 | $0.0271 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0524 | $0.0178 | $0.0346 | $0.0238 | $0.0397 | $0.0275 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0524 | $0.0132 | $0.0345 | $0.0239 | $0.0397 | $0.0275 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0524 | $0.0146 | $0.0345 | $0.0239 | $0.0398 | $0.0273 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0538 | $0.022 | $0.0356 | $0.0244 | $0.041 | $0.028 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.055 | $0.0146 | $0.0364 | $0.025 | $0.0444 | $0.0314 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0552 | $0.0139 | $0.0361 | $0.0249 | $0.0395 | $0.0288 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0561 | $0.0271 | $0.0371 | $0.0255 | $0.0418 | $0.0285 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0561 | $0.0276 | $0.0371 | $0.0254 | $0.0426 | $0.0294 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0561 | $0.0056 | $0.0371 | $0.0255 | $0.0418 | $0.0285 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0561 | $0.0189 | $0.0371 | $0.0255 | $0.0426 | $0.0294 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0565 | – | $0.0374 | $0.0257 | $0.0447 | $0.0296 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0566 | – | $0.0374 | $0.0257 | $0.0447 | $0.0296 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.058 | $0.0351 | $0.0384 | $0.0263 | $0.0439 | $0.0301 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.058 | $0.0253 | $0.0365 | $0.025 | $0.0464 | $0.0336 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0591 | $0.0119 | $0.0391 | $0.0268 | $0.0484 | $0.0358 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.0594 | $0.0177 | $0.0374 | $0.0257 | $0.048 | $0.0339 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0617 | – | $0.0408 | $0.028 | $0.046 | $0.0313 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.0617 | – | $0.0408 | $0.028 | $0.046 | $0.0313 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0715 | $0.0094 | $0.0443 | $0.0323 | $0.0486 | $0.0371 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0449 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0466 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0593 | $0.0441 | $0.0348 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0768 | $0.0616 | $0.0523 |
| SUSE | $0.1012 | $0.0547 | $0.0429 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.8 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.52 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10 Gbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8g.medium |
| Family | m8g |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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Other m8g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m8g.medium | 1 | 4 | $0.0449 |
| m8g.large | 2 | 8 | $0.0898 |
| m8g.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.1795 |
| m8g.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.359 |
| m8g.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.7181 |
| m8g.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.436 |
| m8g.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.154 |
| m8g.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $2.872 |
| m8g.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.309 |
| m8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $4.309 |
| m8g.48xlarge | 192 | 768 | $8.617 |
| m8g.metal-48xl | 192 | 768 | $8.617 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.