m8i.metal-96xl
m8i.metal-96xl is an AWS EC2 instance with 384 vCPUs, 1536 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $20.321 per hour on demand ($14,834.55 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $2.032 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 | $20.321 | $2.032 | $14.93 | $10.306 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $20.321 | $2.032 | $14.93 | $10.306 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $20.321 | $2.032 | $14.93 | $10.306 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $21.379 | $2.138 | $15.78 | $10.745 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $21.379 | $2.138 | $15.78 | $10.745 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $21.59 | $2.159 | $16.077 | $10.95 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $22.65 | $2.265 | $16.559 | $11.431 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $22.65 | $2.265 | $16.559 | $11.431 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $22.65 | $2.265 | $17.188 | $11.898 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $22.65 | $5.673 | $17.193 | $11.90 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $23.497 | $2.35 | $17.843 | $12.223 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $23.708 | $2.371 | $17.98 | $12.457 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $23.708 | $2.371 | $18.037 | $12.368 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $24.344 | $2.857 | $18.562 | $12.662 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $24.977 | $2.498 | $17.892 | $13.056 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $25.402 | $2.54 | $18.915 | $12.882 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $25.402 | $2.54 | $19.308 | $13.299 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $25.613 | – | $20.248 | $13.402 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $25.613 | – | $20.248 | $13.402 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $26.248 | $2.625 | $19.881 | $13.637 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $26.673 | – | $20.274 | $13.965 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $26.884 | $2.688 | $21.709 | $15.354 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $32.387 | $3.239 | $22.004 | $16.803 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $20.321 | – | – |
| SUSE | $20.446 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $20.993 | – | – |
| RHEL | $24.008 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $26.811 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $28.04 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $30.497 | – | – |
| Windows | $37.985 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $44.475 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $66.401 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $70.088 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $74.12 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $84.065 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $164.32 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $168.01 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $172.04 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $181.99 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 384 |
| Physical cores | 192 |
| 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) | 1536 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 100 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 100 Gbps |
| Network peak | 100 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | Yes |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 24 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 64 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | 80000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 80,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 80,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 10,000 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 10,000 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 480,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 480,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 79 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8i.metal-96xl |
| Family | m8i |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 768 |
| Bare metal | Yes |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS |
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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.