m8a.12xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M8a family

The m8a.12xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor with 22.5 Gigabit networking, starting at $2.921 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64amd
vCPUs
48

dedicated

memory
192 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

x86-64

on-demand
$2.921

$2,133/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
10

across 3 areas

m8a.12xlarge price by region

10 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$2.921
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$2.921
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$2.921
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Asia$3.073
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia$3.073
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$3.256
EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe$3.256
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$3.499
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$3.682
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$3.773

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
48
Memory
192 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU vendor
AMD
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Network storage only
Storage detail
EBS only
Network
22.5 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
22.5 Gbps

aws details

API name
m8a.12xlarge
Family
M8a
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
10 (Asia, Europe, North America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $2.921/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
15000 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
96
Processor features
AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
15-20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
63%

m8a.12xlarge equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs m8a.12xlarge
AWSm8a.12xlarge48192 GiBAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor$2.921–
AzureD48as v548192 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$2.064-29%
DC48as v548192 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$2.064-29%
Google Cloudn2d-standard-4848192 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$2.028-31%
t2d-standard-4848192 GiBAMD Milan$2.028-31%
AkamaiDedicated 128GB50 vCPU (1.04×) · 128 GiB (1.5× less)50128 GiBAMD EPYC$1.728-41%
G7 Dedicated 128x5050 vCPU (1.04×) · 128 GiB (1.5× less)50128 GiBAMD EPYC$2.073-29%
Vultrvx1-g-48c-192g48192 GiBAMD EPYC$1.44-51%
vx1-g-48c-192g-2880s48192 GiBAMD EPYC$1.835-37%

M8a family sizes

all about M8a→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
m8a.medium14 GiB–$0.0609$44.43
m8a.large28 GiB–$0.1217$88.86
m8a.xlarge416 GiB–$0.2434$178
m8a.2xlarge832 GiB–$0.4869$355
m8a.4xlarge1664 GiB–$0.9738$711
m8a.8xlarge32128 GiB–$1.948$1,422
m8a.12xlarge48192 GiB–$2.921$2,133
m8a.16xlarge64256 GiB–$3.895$2,843
m8a.24xlarge96384 GiB–$5.843$4,265
m8a.metal-24xl96384 GiB–$5.843$4,265
m8a.48xlarge192768 GiB–$11.69$8,530
m8a.metal-48xl192768 GiB–$11.69$8,530

Similar instance types on AWS

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m8a.12xlarge FAQ

How much does m8a.12xlarge cost?

m8a.12xlarge costs $2.921 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $2,133 per month. Across 10 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $2.921 in US East (N. Virginia) to $3.773 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). With Windows it costs $5.129 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m8a.12xlarge have?

m8a.12xlarge has 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor. It is a general purpose instance type in the M8a family.

What are the equivalents of m8a.12xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D48as v5 (48 vCPU, 192 GiB, $2.064/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n2d-standard-48 (48 vCPU, 192 GiB, $2.028/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Dedicated 128GB (50 vCPU, 128 GiB, $1.728/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-48c-192g (48 vCPU, 192 GiB, $1.44/hour in New Jersey).