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m8g.medium

Part of the M8G General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.88th Generation8 = 8th GenerationAWS 8th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton4 Processor (arm64). Powered by custom 64-bit ARM AWS Graviton processors, delivering industry-leading price-performance and power efficiency.mediumMediummedium = Medium1 vCPUs • 4 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 12.5 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0321/ hr
~$23.42/mo
Compute
1vCPUs
1 cores • arm64
Memory
4GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0321/ vCPU-hr
$0.0080/GB-hr
Network
Up to 12.5 Gbps
Baseline: 0.52 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,250MB/s
Max: 40,000 IOPS

Alternatives to m8g.medium

OptionPrice vs m8g.mediumWhy look at it
c8g.mediumCompare →
-11%-$0.005/hr
Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Different instance family, 2 GiB RAM instead of 4, same vCPU
r8g.mediumCompare →
+31%+$0.014/hr
Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Different instance family, 8 GiB RAM instead of 4, same vCPU

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads1 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score29,431
CoreMark / vCPU29,431.2 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar917,425 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0321
Cost per GB-hr$0.0080

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods8 pods
Max ECS Tasks4 tasks
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI4
Total Addressable IPs8 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 12.5 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.52 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth12.5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput39.375 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS2,500
EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 10 Gbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor2
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2024-09-25

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0321/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0715/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0525/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
35regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 35 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$0.0594
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
$0.0617
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Lowest
$0.0321
ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
$0.0561
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$0.0477
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$0.0561
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$0.0321
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$0.0580
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.0552
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.0561
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.0561
ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
$0.0522
ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
$0.0477
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.0580
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.0565
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.0566
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.0500
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$0.0500
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.0538
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.0500
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.0519
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.0524
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.0524
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.0477
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.0500
eu-central-2
Europe (Zurich)
$0.0591
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$0.0471
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$0.0617
me-central-1
Middle East (UAE)
$0.0550
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.0715
us-east-1-dfw-1
US East (Dallas)
$0.0561
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.0449
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.0449
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.0524
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.0449