m8gd.16xlarge
m8gd.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AWS Graviton4 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.69 per hour on demand ($2,693.85 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.141 per hour. It is sold in 21 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $2.454 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 savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $2.454 | $1.012 | $1.814 | $1.226 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $3.69 | $1.141 | $2.702 | $1.857 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $3.69 | $1.167 | $2.702 | $1.857 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $3.69 | $1.222 | $2.702 | $1.857 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $3.875 | – | $2.837 | $1.95 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $3.914 | $1.262 | $2.909 | $1.976 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $3.919 | $0.3919 | $3.169 | $2.231 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $4.115 | $0.7699 | $3.031 | $2.051 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $4.115 | $1.259 | $3.328 | $2.342 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $4.115 | $1.254 | $3.328 | $2.342 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $4.278 | $0.9514 | $3.44 | $2.474 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $4.311 | $1.392 | $3.476 | $2.467 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $4.344 | $1.634 | $3.705 | $2.516 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $4.442 | $1.181 | $3.63 | $2.665 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $4.605 | $1.195 | $3.423 | $2.324 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $4.637 | $1.039 | $3.667 | $2.606 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $4.637 | $0.5989 | $3.666 | $2.606 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $4.672 | – | $3.693 | $2.432 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $4.672 | – | $3.693 | $2.432 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $4.768 | $0.9743 | $3.82 | $2.772 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $5.878 | $2.141 | $4.096 | $3.069 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $3.69 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $3.802 | – | – |
| SUSE | $3.815 | – | – |
| RHEL | $4.381 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $5.277 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Physical cores | 64 |
| 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) | 256 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 30 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 30 Gbps |
| Network peak | 30 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 15 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 50 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 2 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 2 × 1,900 GB SSD |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | 20000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 80,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 80,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 48 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8gd.16xlarge |
| Family | m8gd |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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Other m8gd sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m8gd.medium | 1 | 4 | $0.0577 |
| m8gd.large | 2 | 8 | $0.1153 |
| m8gd.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.2306 |
| m8gd.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.4613 |
| m8gd.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.9226 |
| m8gd.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.845 |
| m8gd.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.768 |
| m8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $3.69 |
| m8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.535 |
| m8gd.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $5.535 |
| m8gd.48xlarge | 192 | 768 | $11.071 |
| m8gd.metal-48xl | 192 | 768 | $11.071 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.