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m8gd.12xlarge

Part of the M8GD 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.dDirect-Attached NVMe SSDd = Direct-Attached NVMe SSDEquipped with physical high-speed NVMe SSD instance store volumes attached locally to the host server for temporary scratch and caching.12xlarge12 Extra Large12xlarge = 12 Extra Large48 vCPUs • 192 GB RAM • 2850 GB NVMe SSD • 22.5 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.8403/ hr
~$1,343.43/mo
Compute
48vCPUs
48 cores • arm64
Memory
192GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0383/ vCPU-hr
$0.0096/GB-hr
Network
22.5 Gbps
Baseline: 22.5 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,875MB/s
Max: 60,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads48 vCPUs
Physical Cores48
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,434,549
CoreMark / vCPU29,886.4 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar779,511 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0383
Cost per GB-hr$0.0096

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks60 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance22.5 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth22.5 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth22.5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (2850 GB)
Local NVMe Disk2,850 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput1875 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1875 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS60,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS60,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput15000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor96
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-04-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.8403/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.4088/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.1723/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
21regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 21 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$2.9357
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$3.4781
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$1.8403
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$3.4536
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$3.4781
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$3.5760
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$3.5040
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$3.5040
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$3.0864
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$3.3312
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$3.0864
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$3.2088
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$3.2333
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$2.9395
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$3.0864
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$2.9059
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$4.4088
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$2.7677
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$2.7677
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$3.2578
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$2.7677