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AWS Amazon EC2

m8gb.4xlarge

Part of the M8GB 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.bBlock Storage Optimized (EBS)b = Block Storage Optimized (EBS)Optimized for Amazon EBS with higher dedicated storage throughput and IOPS (up to 60 Gbps / 260,000 IOPS).4xlarge4 Extra Large4xlarge = 4 Extra Large16 vCPUs • 64 GB RAM • EBS only • 33.333 Gbps Network
On-demand, Linux
$1.1640/ hr
~$849.72/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1
Savings Plan, Linux
$0.51542/ hr
From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −56% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)
Per unit
$0.0727/ vCPU-hr
$0.0182/GB-hr
Compute
16vCPUs
16 cores • arm64
Memory
64GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Network
33.333 Gbps
Baseline: 33.333 Gbps
Storage & EBS
3,125MB/s
Max: 120,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to m8gb.4xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

MachineSizeOn-demand Linuxvs m8gb.4xlarge
m8gb.4xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-116 vCPU · 64 GiB$1.1640/hr—
n4a-standard-16same 16 vCPU and 64 GiB; Arm on both16 vCPU · 64 GiB$0.6160/hr47% less
c4a-standard-16same 16 vCPU and 64 GiB; Arm on both16 vCPU · 64 GiB$0.7184/hr38% less
c4a-standard-16-lssdsame 16 vCPU and 64 GiB; Arm on both; local disk on c4a-standard-16-lssd only16 vCPU · 64 GiB$0.964975/hr17% less

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs
Physical Cores16
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score486,285
CoreMark / vCPU30,392.8 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding160 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar417,771 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0727
Cost per GB-hr$0.0182

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance33.333 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth33.333 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth33.333 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput3125 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput3125 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS120,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS120,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput25000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor32
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.1640/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$1.3010/ hr
EU (Ireland) (eu-west-1)
Global Fleet Average
$1.2097/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
3regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 3 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
Highest
$1.3010
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$1.1640
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$1.1640