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m8gd.large

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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8.0 GiB RAM • 118 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 12500 Megabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0767/ hr
~$55.98/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • arm64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0383/ vCPU-hr
$0.0096/GiB-hr
Network
12.5Gbps
Baseline: 0.937 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 / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark ScoreNot benchmarked
CoreMark / vCPU—
FFmpeg Transcoding—
CoreMark per Dollar—
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0383
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0096

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks10 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 12500 Megabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.937 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth12.5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (118 GB)
Local NVMe Disk118 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput78.75 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
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 Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-04-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0767/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1837/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1319/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
18regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 18 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.1223
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.1449
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)Lowest
ap-south-1$0.0767
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1449
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1490
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.1460
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.1460
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.1286
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.1388
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.1286
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.1337
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.1347
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.1286
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.1211
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.1837
US East (N. Virginia)
us-east-1$0.1153
US East (Ohio)
us-east-2$0.1153
US West (Oregon)
us-west-2$0.1153