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m8gd.2xlarge

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.2xlarge2 Extra Large2xlarge = 2 Extra Large8 vCPUs • 32 GB RAM • 475 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 15 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.3067/ hr
~$223.91/mo
Compute
8vCPUs
8 cores • arm64
Memory
32GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0383/ vCPU-hr
$0.0096/GB-hr
Network
Up to 15 Gbps
Baseline: 3.75 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,250MB/s
Max: 40,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads8 vCPUs
Physical Cores8
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score240,493
CoreMark / vCPU30,061.6 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar784,080 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0383
Cost per GB-hr$0.0096

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks40 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 15 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth3.75 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth15 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (475 GB)
Local NVMe Disk475 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS12,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 10 Gbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor16
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-04-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.3067/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.7348/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.5287/ 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)
$0.4893
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$0.5797
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$0.3067
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.5756
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.5797
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.5960
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.5840
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.5840
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.5144
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.5552
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.5144
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.5348
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.5389
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.4899
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.5144
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$0.4843
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.7348
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.4613
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.4613
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.5430
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.4613