db.m8i.xlarge

db.m8i.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.37 per hour on demand ($270.10 per month) for Oracle Enterprise BYOL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2479 per hour, 33% less. It is sold in 21 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Oracle Enterprise BYOL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	1-yr reserved	3-yr reserved	1-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$0.37	$0.2479	$0.1739	$0.296
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$0.37	$0.2479	$0.1739	$0.296
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$0.37	$0.2479	$0.1739	$0.296
Canada (Central) ca-central-1	$0.41	$0.2747	$0.1927	$0.328
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1	$0.41	–	–	$0.328
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2	$0.41	$0.2747	$0.1927	$0.328
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$0.414	$0.2773	$0.1945	$0.3312
EU (Paris) eu-west-3	$0.43	$0.2881	$0.2021	$0.344
US West (N. California) us-west-1	$0.43	$0.2881	$0.2021	$0.344
EU (London) eu-west-2	$0.433	$0.2901	$0.2035	$0.3464
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$0.45	$0.3015	$0.2115	$0.36
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5	$0.46	$0.3082	$0.2162	$0.368
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$0.49	$0.3283	$0.2303	$0.392
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	$0.5	$0.335	$0.235	$0.4
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$0.52	$0.3484	$0.2444	$0.416
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2	$0.52	$0.3484	$0.2444	$0.416
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$0.52	$0.3484	$0.2444	$0.416
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$0.52	$0.3484	$0.2444	$0.416
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1	$0.53	$0.3551	$0.2491	$0.424
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2	$0.53	$0.3551	$0.2491	$0.424
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6	$0.5447	–	–	$0.4358

Reserved and Savings Plans

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

Option	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
SQL Server Enterprise · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard Developer BYOM Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
SQL Server Web Unbundled · Single-AZ	$0.356	–	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ	$0.37	$0.2479	$0.1739
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ	$0.37	$0.2479	$0.1739
SQL Server Enterprise BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Developer BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
SQL Server Enterprise Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
SQL Server Standard BYOM Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
SQL Server Standard Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
SQL Server Web Unbundled · Multi-AZ	$0.712	–	–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ	$0.75	$0.5025	$0.3525
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ	$0.75	$0.5025	$0.3525
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ	$0.876	$0.5869	$0.4117
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ	$1.752	$1.174	$0.8234

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	4
Physical cores	2
Threads per core	2
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU maker	Intel
Sustained clock	3.9 GHz
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

Storage	Value
Storage	EBS Only
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

Instance details	Value
Instance type	db.m8i.xlarge
Family	m8i
Category	General purpose
Current generation	Yes

Other	Value
Hardware Basis	m8i.xlarge

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Other m8i sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db.m8i.large	2	8	$0.19
db.m8i.xlarge	4	16	$0.37
db.m8i.2xlarge	4	32	$0.75
db.m8i.4xlarge	8	64	$1.50
db.m8i.8xlarge	16	128	$2.99
db.m8i.12xlarge	24	192	$4.49
db.m8i.24xlarge	48	384	$8.97
db.m8i.16xlarge	64	256	$5.98
db.m8i.32xlarge	64	512	$11.96
db.m8i.48xlarge	192	768	$17.94
db.m8i.metal-48xl	192	768	$13.46
db.m8i.96xlarge	384	1536	$34.176
db.m8i.metal-96xl	384	1536	$26.914

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.