m8i-flex.large

m8i-flex.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1006 per hour on demand ($73.44 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0325 per hour. It is sold in 23 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$0.1006$0.0325$0.0739$0.051
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1006$0.021$0.0739$0.051
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1006$0.0319$0.0739$0.051
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.1058$0.0267$0.0781$0.0532
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.1058$0.0106$0.0781$0.0532
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.1068$0.0315$0.0796$0.0542
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.1121$0.036$0.0819$0.0566
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1$0.1121$0.0325$0.0819$0.0566
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.1121$0.0231$0.0851$0.0589
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1121$0.0482$0.0851$0.0589
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1163$0.0352$0.0883$0.0605
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.1173$0.0359$0.089$0.0616
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.1173$0.0251$0.0893$0.0612
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1205$0.0483$0.0919$0.0627
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.1236$0.0259$0.0885$0.0646
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.1257$0.0457$0.0936$0.0638
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1257$0.0411$0.0955$0.0658
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.1267–$0.1002$0.0663
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.1267–$0.1002$0.0663
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1299$0.0462$0.0984$0.0675
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.132–$0.1003$0.0691
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.133$0.0351$0.1074$0.076
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.1603$0.0209$0.1089$0.0831
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$0.1006––
Ubuntu Pro$0.1041––
RHEL$0.1294––
SUSE$0.1569––
RHEL HA$0.1644––
Linux SQL Web$0.1682––
Windows$0.188––
RHEL SQL Web$0.1969––
Windows SQL Web$0.2556––
Linux SQL Std$0.5806––
RHEL SQL Std$0.6093––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6444––
Windows SQL Std$0.668––
Linux SQL Ent$1.601––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.629––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.664––
Windows SQL Ent$1.688––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.468 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,500
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8i-flex.large
Familym8i-flex
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare m8i-flex.large

Compute and memory optimized

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With or without local disk and networking

vs m8i.large

Burstable

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Other generations

vs m7i-flex.large

Other m8i-flex sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m8i-flex.large28$0.1006
m8i-flex.xlarge416$0.2011
m8i-flex.2xlarge832$0.4022
m8i-flex.4xlarge1664$0.8044
m8i-flex.8xlarge32128$1.609
m8i-flex.12xlarge48192$2.413
m8i-flex.16xlarge64256$3.218

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.