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m8i.96xlarge

Part of the M8I 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.iIntel Xeon Scalablei = Intel Xeon ScalableIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) (x86_64). Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable x86_64 processors with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512 / AMX) acceleration.96xlarge96 Extra Large96xlarge = 96 Extra Large384 vCPUs • 1,536 GB RAM • EBS only • 100 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$20.3213/ hr
~$14,834.53/mo
Compute
384vCPUs
192 cores • x86_64
Memory
1,536GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0529/ vCPU-hr
$0.0132/GB-hr
Network
100 Gbps
Baseline: 100 Gbps
Storage & EBS
10,000MB/s
Max: 480,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads384 vCPUs
Physical Cores192
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score8,717,367
CoreMark / vCPU22,701.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding309 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar428,977 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0529
Cost per GB-hr$0.0132

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods1514 pods
Max ECS Tasks120 tasks
Max ENIs24
IPv4/v6 per ENI64
Total Addressable IPs1536 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance100 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth100 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth100 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput10000 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput10000 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS480,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS480,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput80000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor768
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-08-28

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$20.3213/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$32.3866/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$23.9290/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
23regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 23 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$26.8838
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
$21.3792
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$21.5904
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$21.3792
ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
$26.6726
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$24.9773
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$25.4016
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$25.4016
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$26.2483
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$25.6128
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$25.6128
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$22.6502
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$22.6502
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$24.3437
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$22.6502
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$23.4970
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$23.7082
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$22.6502
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$32.3866
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$20.3213
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$20.3213
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$23.7082
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$20.3213