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m9gd.12xlarge

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.12xlarge12 Extra Large12xlarge = 12 Extra Large48 vCPUs • 192.0 GiB RAM • 2850 GB NVMe SSD • 25 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$3.0168/ hr
~$2,202.26/mo
Compute
48vCPUs
48 cores • arm64
Memory
192.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0629/ vCPU-hr
$0.0157/GiB-hr
Network
25Gbps
Baseline: 25 Gbps
Storage & EBS
2,250MB/s
Max: 72,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads48 vCPUs
Physical Cores48
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,698,113
CoreMark / vCPU35,377.4 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding207 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar562,886 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0629
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0157

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods590 pods
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs12
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs600 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance25 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth25 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth25 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (2850 GB)
Local NVMe Disk2850 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput2250 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput2250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS72,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS72,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput18000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor96
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2026-06-10

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$3.0168/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$3.6312/ hr
EU (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.1704/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
4regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 4 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
EU (Frankfurt)Highest
eu-central-1$3.6312
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$3.0168
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$3.0168
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$3.0168