m8i.2xlarge
m8i.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.4234 per hour on demand ($309.08 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1683 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.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.4234 | $0.1683 | $0.311 | $0.2147 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.4234 | $0.1419 | $0.311 | $0.2147 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.4234 | $0.1726 | $0.311 | $0.2147 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.4454 | $0.1315 | $0.3288 | $0.2239 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.4454 | $0.0445 | $0.3288 | $0.2239 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.4498 | $0.138 | $0.3349 | $0.2281 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.4719 | $0.1983 | $0.345 | $0.2382 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.4719 | $0.173 | $0.345 | $0.2382 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.4719 | $0.0585 | $0.3581 | $0.2479 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.4719 | $0.2503 | $0.3582 | $0.2479 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.4895 | $0.1746 | $0.3717 | $0.2547 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.4939 | $0.1474 | $0.3746 | $0.2595 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.4939 | $0.1747 | $0.3758 | $0.2577 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.5072 | $0.2162 | $0.3867 | $0.2638 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.5204 | $0.1294 | $0.3727 | $0.272 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.5292 | $0.218 | $0.3941 | $0.2684 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.5292 | $0.2222 | $0.4023 | $0.2771 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.5336 | – | $0.4218 | $0.2792 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.5336 | – | $0.4218 | $0.2792 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.5468 | $0.2083 | $0.4142 | $0.2841 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.5557 | – | $0.4224 | $0.2909 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.5601 | $0.2219 | $0.4523 | $0.3199 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.6747 | $0.1233 | $0.4584 | $0.3501 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.4234 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.4374 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.5386 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.5484 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.5586 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.6738 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.6786 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.7914 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.9266 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $1.383 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $1.499 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $1.639 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $1.751 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $3.423 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $3.539 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $3.679 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $3.791 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.9 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.9 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 32 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 15 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 3.75 Gbps |
| Network peak | 15 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 30 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 2,500 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 312.5 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 12,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8i.2xlarge |
| Family | m8i |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 16 |
| 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 m8i sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m8i.large | 2 | 8 | $0.1058 |
| m8i.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.2117 |
| m8i.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.4234 |
| m8i.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.8467 |
| m8i.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.693 |
| m8i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.54 |
| m8i.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $3.387 |
| m8i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.08 |
| m8i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $6.774 |
| m8i.48xlarge | 192 | 768 | $10.161 |
| m8i.metal-48xl | 192 | 768 | $10.161 |
| m8i.96xlarge | 384 | 1536 | $20.321 |
| m8i.metal-96xl | 384 | 1536 | $20.321 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.