m8a.12xlarge

    $2.9213/hr

    ~$2132.53/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The m8a.12xlarge is a General purpose instance with 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory with up to 22.5 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $2.921 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $2.1462/hr
    ~$1566.74/mo
    Save 27%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $1.4815/hr
    ~$1081.51/mo
    Save 49%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $1.9324/hr
    ~$1410.67/mo
    Save 34%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $1.3251/hr
    ~$967.32/mo
    Save 55%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1c
    $1.4357/hr
    ~$1048.06/mo
    Save 51% vs On-Demand
    <5%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.9876
    Avg
    $1.7594
    Max
    $2.5277
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1c$1.4357/hr
    us-east-1c$1.5607/hr
    us-east-1d$1.4684/hr
    us-east-1c$1.9541/hr
    us-east-1b$1.1252/hr
    us-east-1d$1.9868/hr
    us-east-1d$1.5934/hr
    us-east-1b$1.5186/hr
    us-east-1d$2.5267/hr
    us-east-1c$2.5128/hr
    us-east-1b$2.5277/hr
    us-east-1b$1.0002/hr

    m8a Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large28
    xlarge416
    2xlarge832
    4xlarge1664
    8xlarge32128
    12xlarge48192
    16xlarge64256
    24xlarge96384
    metal-24xl96384
    48xlarge192768
    metal-48xl192768
    medium14

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for m8a.12xlarge

    Processor

    ManufacturerAMD
    Clock Speed4.5 GHz
    Sustained Speed4.5 GHz
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs48
    Memory192 GiB
    Memory per vCPU4.00 GiB

    Network

    Performance22.5 Gigabit
    Bandwidth22.5 Gbps
    Max Interfaces12
    IPv4 per Interface64
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps (1875.00 MB/s)
    Max IOPS60,000
    Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps (1875.00 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS60,000

    Capabilities

    FamilyM8A
    GenerationCurrent
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs
    Virtualizationhvm

    Regional Pricing Comparison

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