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m8gd.16xlarge

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.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256 GB RAM • 3800 GB NVMe SSD • 30 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$2.4538/ hr
~$1,791.24/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
64 cores • arm64
Memory
256GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0383/ vCPU-hr
$0.0096/GB-hr
Network
30 Gbps
Baseline: 30 Gbps
Storage & EBS
2,500MB/s
Max: 80,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores64
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,941,748
CoreMark / vCPU30,339.8 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar791,336 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0383
Cost per GB-hr$0.0096

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods737 pods
Max ECS Tasks120 tasks
Max ENIs15
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs750 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance30 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth30 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth30 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (3800 GB)
Local NVMe Disk3,800 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput2500 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput2500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS80,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS80,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput20000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-04-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$2.4538/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$5.8784/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$4.2297/ 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)
$3.9142
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$4.6374
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$2.4538
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$4.6048
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$4.6374
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$4.7680
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$4.6720
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$4.6720
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$4.1152
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$4.4416
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$4.1152
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$4.2784
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$4.3110
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$3.9194
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$4.1152
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$3.8746
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$5.8784
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$3.6902
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$3.6902
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$4.3437
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$3.6902