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m8a EC2 instance family

AMD EPYC 9R45 at 4.5 GHz, x86_64, 1 to 192 vCPUs, 4 to 768 GiB

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m8a prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m8a.medium1 vCPU, 4 GiB 1 4 GiB $0.00640 $0.0640 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0128 $0.1280 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0258 $0.2561 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00644
m8a.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0512 $0.5122 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.1024 $1.024 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $0.2049 $2.049 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.3073 $3.073 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $0.4098 $4.098 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.6146 $6.146 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640
m8a.48xlarge192 vCPU, 768 GiB 192 768 GiB $1.356 $12.29 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00706
m8a.metal-24xl96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.6130 $5.843 us-east-2 of 9 $0.00639
m8a.metal-48xl192 vCPU, 768 GiB 192 768 GiB $1.229 $12.29 ap-south-2 of 9 $0.00640

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The M8A general-purpose instance family, generally available since October 8, 2025, is powered by 5th Generation AMD EPYC (Turin) processors with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances provide up to 75 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 60 Gbps of dedicated EBS bandwidth, with no local instance storage (EBS-only). A key feature is Instance Bandwidth Configuration (IBC) support, allowing flexible allocation of network and EBS resources. They are suitable for workloads like databases, application servers, and gaming, offering up to 30% higher performance than the M7a generation.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

Instance Types
m8a.medium m8a.large m8a.xlarge m8a.2xlarge m8a.4xlarge m8a.8xlarge m8a.12xlarge m8a.16xlarge m8a.24xlarge m8a.48xlarge m8a.metal-24xl m8a.metal-48xl
vCPUs
1 to 192
Memory
4 to 768 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
AMD EPYC 9R45
Sustained clock
4.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
3801 measured on m8a, 2026-10-08: the median of its types in runs-on.com benchmarks
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m8a.medium 1 4 GiB EBS only up to 12.5 (0.52 baseline) up to 10 (0.325 baseline)
m8a.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 12.5 (0.937 baseline) up to 10 (0.65 baseline)
m8a.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 12.5 (1.875 baseline) up to 10 (1.25 baseline)
m8a.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 15 (3.75 baseline) up to 10 (2.5 baseline)
m8a.4xlarge 16 64 GiB EBS only up to 15 (7.5 baseline) up to 10 (5 baseline)
m8a.8xlarge 32 128 GiB EBS only 15 10
m8a.12xlarge 48 192 GiB EBS only 22.5 15
m8a.16xlarge 64 256 GiB EBS only 30 20
m8a.24xlarge 96 384 GiB EBS only 40 30
m8a.48xlarge 192 768 GiB EBS only 75 60
m8a.metal-24xl 96 384 GiB EBS only 40 30
m8a.metal-48xl 192 768 GiB EBS only 75 60

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

Ranked by PassMark single-thread score
All x86_64 arm64
#1
m8azn, x8aedz
4257
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3803 3801–3803
#7
m8i, m8ib, m8id, m8in, m8idb, m8idn, m8ine, m8i-flex, c8i, c8i-flex, c8ib, c8id, c8in, c8ine, r8i, r8i-flex, r8ib, r8id, r8idb, r8idn, r8in, t8i, x8i
3271 3243–3271
#30
i7i, r7iz
3115 3105–3115
#32
m7a, c7a, c7i, hpc7a, r7a
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
c7i-flex
2700
#40
m6a, m5zn, m7i-flex, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2596 2549–2596
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2303 2269–2303
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad, t3a
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

c1, d2, d3, d3en, dl2q, f2, g4dn, g5, g6, g6e, g6f, g7, g7e, gr6, gr6f, h1, i2, inf1, inf2, m1, m2, m3, mac1, p3dn, p4d, p4de, p5, p5en, p6-b200, p6-b300, t1, trn1, trn1n, u-3tb1, u-6tb1, u7i-12tb, u7i-6tb, u7i-8tb, u7in-16tb, u7in-24tb, u7in-32tb, vt1, x1, x1e

9 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

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Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

m8a.medium1 vCPU, 4 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.medium prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00640 $0.0640 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00962 $0.0609 84%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0102 $0.0678 85%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0110 $0.0640 83%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0117 $0.0609 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0159 $0.0609 74%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0253 $0.0678 63%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0261 $0.0729 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0261 $0.0786 67%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0128 $0.1280 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0196 $0.1357 86%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0209 $0.1217 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0263 $0.1281 79%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0344 $0.1217 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0379 $0.1217 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0503 $0.1458 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0559 $0.1357 59%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0587 $0.1572 63%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0258 $0.2561 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0312 $0.2713 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0602 $0.2434 75%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0691 $0.2434 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0748 $0.2434 69%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0755 $0.2561 71%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1099 $0.2916 62%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1179 $0.3144 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1205 $0.2713 56%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0512 $0.5122 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0609 $0.5426 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1350 $0.4869 72%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1567 $0.5122 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1612 $0.4869 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1691 $0.4869 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2100 $0.5832 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2504 $0.6289 60%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2603 $0.5426 52%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1024 $1.024 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1085 $1.085 90%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3073 $1.024 70%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.3351 $0.9738 66%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3480 $0.9738 64%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3687 $0.9738 62%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4243 $1.166 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4307 $1.258 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.5406 $1.085 50%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2049 $2.049 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2279 $2.171 89%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5685 $1.948 71%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6186 $1.948 68%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6929 $2.049 66%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.7089 $1.948 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8342 $2.516 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8638 $2.333 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.018 $2.171 53%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.3073 $3.073 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7219 $2.921 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.7378 $2.921 75%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7605 $3.073 75%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.9097 $3.256 72%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.049 $2.921 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.174 $3.773 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.292 $3.499 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.358 $3.256 58%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.16xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4098 $4.098 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.9267 $3.895 76%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.058 $4.098 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.101 $3.895 72%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.170 $4.341 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.232 $3.895 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.562 $4.666 67%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.794 $5.031 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.806 $4.341 58%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.6146 $6.146 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6512 $6.512 90%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.285 $6.147 79%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.451 $5.843 75%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.619 $5.843 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.888 $5.843 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.101 $6.998 70%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.234 $7.547 70%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.039 $6.512 53%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.48xlarge192 vCPU, 768 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.48xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $1.356 $12.29 89%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.210 $12.29 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.438 $15.09 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.691 $11.69 68%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.745 $11.69 68%
eu-south-2 Spain $3.748 $13.02 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.966 $11.69 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $4.078 $14.00 71%
eu-west-1 Ireland $5.748 $13.02 56%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.metal-24xl96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.metal-24xl prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6130 $5.843 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6512 $6.512 90%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.6998 $6.998 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.9382 $6.146 85%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.115 $6.147 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.335 $7.547 82%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.556 $5.843 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.647 $6.512 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.697 $5.843 71%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m8a.metal-48xl192 vCPU, 768 GiB, 9 regions
m8a.metal-48xl prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $1.229 $12.29 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.302 $13.02 90%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.316 $12.29 89%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.509 $15.09 90%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.723 $11.69 85%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.499 $14.00 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.156 $11.69 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.202 $13.02 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.479 $11.69 70%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
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