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m8i.48xlarge

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.48xlarge48 Extra Large48xlarge = 48 Extra Large192 vCPUs • 768.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • 75000 Megabit Network
Price (Linux)
$10.1606/ hr
~$7,417.27/mo
Compute
192vCPUs
96 cores • x86_64
Memory
768.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0529/ vCPU-hr
$0.0132/GiB-hr
Network
75Gbps
Baseline: 75 Gbps
Storage & EBS
7,500MB/s
Max: 240,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads192 vCPUs
Physical Cores96
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score4,350,042
CoreMark / vCPU22,656.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding309 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar428,127 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0529
Cost per GiB-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 Performance75000 Megabit
Baseline Bandwidth75 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth75 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput7500 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput7500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS240,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS240,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput60000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor384
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2025-08-28

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$10.1606/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$16.1933/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$11.9645/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
23regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 23 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$13.4419
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$10.6896
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$10.7952
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$10.6896
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$13.3363
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$12.4886
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$12.7008
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$12.7008
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$13.1242
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$12.8064
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$12.8064
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$11.3251
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$11.3251
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$12.1718
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$11.3251
EU (London)
eu-west-2$11.7485
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$11.8541
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$11.3251
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$16.1933
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$10.1606
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$10.1606
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$11.8541
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$10.1606