m8i-flex.xlarge

m8i-flex.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2011 per hour on demand ($146.80 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0579 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$0.2011$0.0579$0.1478$0.102
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2011$0.0454$0.1478$0.102
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2011$0.0605$0.1478$0.102
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.2116$0.0626$0.1562$0.1063
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.2116$0.0212$0.1562$0.1063
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.2137$0.0634$0.1591$0.1084
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.2241$0.0561$0.1639$0.1131
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1$0.2241$0.0535$0.1639$0.1131
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.2241$0.0311$0.1701$0.1178
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2241$0.1051$0.1701$0.1178
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.2325$0.0622$0.1766$0.121
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.2346$0.0686$0.1779$0.1233
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.2346$0.0639$0.1785$0.1224
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2409$0.1059$0.1837$0.1253
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.2472$0.0554$0.1771$0.1292
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2514$0.0971$0.1872$0.1275
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2514$0.0874$0.1911$0.1316
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.2535–$0.2004$0.1326
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.2535–$0.2004$0.1326
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2597$0.0954$0.1967$0.1349
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.2639–$0.2006$0.1382
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.266$0.0743$0.2148$0.1519
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.3205$0.056$0.2178$0.1663
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$0.2011––
Ubuntu Pro$0.2081––
SUSE$0.2574––
RHEL$0.2587––
Linux SQL Web$0.2687––
RHEL SQL Web$0.3263––
RHEL HA$0.3287––
Windows$0.3759––
Windows SQL Web$0.4435––
Linux SQL Std$0.6811––
RHEL SQL Std$0.7387––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8087––
Windows SQL Std$0.8559––
Linux SQL Ent$1.701––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.759––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.829––
Windows SQL Ent$1.876––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem8i-flex.xlarge
Familym8i-flex
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.