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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

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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m8a prices per hour on Windows, 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 $0.0521 $0.1069 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.1042 $0.2137 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.2083 $0.4274 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.4167 $0.8549 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.8334 $1.710 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $1.667 $3.420 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $2.500 $5.129 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $3.333 $6.839 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $5.000 $10.26 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.48xlarge192 vCPU, 768 GiB 192 768 GiB $10.00 $20.52 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.metal-24xl96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $5.000 $10.26 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521
m8a.metal-48xl192 vCPU, 768 GiB 192 768 GiB $10.00 $20.52 us-east-1 of 9 $0.0521

Per hour on Windows, 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 Windows, 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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0521 $0.1069 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0521 $0.1069 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0524 $0.1100 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0528 $0.1138 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0546 $0.1069 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0551 $0.1100 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0589 $0.1189 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0600 $0.1246 52%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0621 $0.1138 45%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1042 $0.2137 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1042 $0.2137 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1048 $0.2201 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1056 $0.2277 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1092 $0.2137 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1102 $0.2201 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1179 $0.2378 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1209 $0.2492 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1243 $0.2277 45%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2083 $0.4274 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2083 $0.4274 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2096 $0.4401 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2111 $0.4553 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2184 $0.4274 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2204 $0.4401 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2357 $0.4756 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2396 $0.4984 52%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2491 $0.4553 45%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4167 $0.8549 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4167 $0.8549 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4192 $0.8802 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.4223 $0.9106 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4375 $0.8549 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4409 $0.8802 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4714 $0.9512 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4794 $0.9969 52%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4973 $0.9106 45%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8334 $1.710 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8334 $1.710 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.8384 $1.760 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.8445 $1.821 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8732 $1.710 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8814 $1.760 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.9433 $1.902 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9589 $1.994 52%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9827 $1.821 46%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.667 $3.420 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.667 $3.420 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $1.677 $3.521 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.689 $3.643 54%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.746 $3.420 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.765 $3.521 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.886 $3.805 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.906 $3.988 52%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.991 $3.643 45%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $2.500 $5.129 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $2.500 $5.129 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.502 $5.129 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $2.515 $5.281 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $2.534 $5.464 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.534 $5.464 54%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.585 $5.981 57%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.634 $5.707 54%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.647 $5.281 50%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.333 $6.839 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.333 $6.839 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $3.354 $7.042 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $3.378 $7.285 54%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $3.447 $7.975 57%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.493 $6.839 49%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $3.530 $7.610 54%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $3.532 $7.042 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.580 $7.285 51%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $5.000 $10.26 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $5.000 $10.26 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $5.013 $10.26 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.031 $10.56 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.067 $10.93 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $5.067 $10.93 54%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.289 $10.56 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.657 $11.41 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.750 $11.96 52%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $10.00 $20.52 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $10.00 $20.52 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $10.00 $20.52 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $10.06 $21.12 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $10.13 $21.86 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $10.13 $21.86 54%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $10.34 $23.93 57%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $10.57 $21.13 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $11.17 $22.83 51%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $5.000 $10.26 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $5.000 $10.26 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $5.000 $10.26 51%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.031 $10.56 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.067 $10.93 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $5.067 $10.93 54%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.116 $11.41 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.172 $11.96 57%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.300 $10.56 50%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $10.00 $20.52 51%
us-east-2 Ohio $10.00 $20.52 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $10.00 $20.52 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $10.06 $21.12 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $10.06 $21.13 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $10.13 $21.86 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $10.13 $21.86 54%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $10.23 $22.83 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $10.34 $23.93 57%
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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