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m9gd.8xlarge

Part of the M9GD 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.99th Generation9 = 9th GenerationAWS 9th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton5 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.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large32 vCPUs • 128 GB RAM • 1900 GB NVMe SSD • 17 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$2.0112/ hr
~$1,468.18/mo
Compute
32vCPUs
32 cores • arm64
Memory
128GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0629/ vCPU-hr
$0.0157/GB-hr
Network
17 Gbps
Baseline: 17 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,500MB/s
Max: 48,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs
Physical Cores32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,147,845
CoreMark / vCPU35,870.2 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding322 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar570,726 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0629
Cost per GB-hr$0.0157

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods492 pods
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs10
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs500 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance17 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth17 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth17 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (1900 GB)
Local NVMe Disk1,900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput1500 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS48,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS48,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput12000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2026-06-10

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$2.0112/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$2.5984/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$2.2709/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
10regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 10 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$2.1331
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$2.5098
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$2.5274
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$2.5984
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$2.4208
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$2.2429
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$2.2429
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$2.0112
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$2.0112
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$2.0112