m8i.xlarge
m8i.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2117 per hour on demand ($154.54 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0753 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 | $0.2117 | $0.0753 | $0.1555 | $0.1074 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.2117 | $0.0588 | $0.1555 | $0.1074 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.2117 | $0.074 | $0.1555 | $0.1074 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.2227 | $0.0666 | $0.1644 | $0.1119 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.2227 | $0.0223 | $0.1644 | $0.1119 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.2249 | $0.0699 | $0.1675 | $0.1141 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.2359 | $0.0902 | $0.1725 | $0.1191 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.2359 | $0.0853 | $0.1725 | $0.1191 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.2359 | $0.0316 | $0.179 | $0.1239 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.2359 | $0.1177 | $0.1791 | $0.124 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.2448 | $0.0877 | $0.1859 | $0.1273 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.247 | $0.0777 | $0.1873 | $0.1298 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.247 | $0.0783 | $0.1879 | $0.1288 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.2536 | $0.104 | $0.1934 | $0.1319 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.2602 | $0.0697 | $0.1864 | $0.136 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.2646 | $0.1039 | $0.197 | $0.1342 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.2646 | $0.11 | $0.2011 | $0.1385 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.2668 | – | $0.2109 | $0.1396 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.2668 | – | $0.2109 | $0.1396 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.2734 | $0.1039 | $0.2071 | $0.1421 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.2778 | – | $0.2112 | $0.1455 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.28 | $0.1033 | $0.2261 | $0.1599 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.3374 | $0.06 | $0.2292 | $0.175 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.2117 | – | – |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.2187 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.268 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.2693 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.2793 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.3369 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.3393 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.3957 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.4633 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.6917 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.7493 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.8193 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.8757 | – | – |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.712 | – | – |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.769 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.839 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.896 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.875 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 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 | 1,250 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 156.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m8i.xlarge |
| Family | m8i |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| 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.