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AWS Amazon EC2

m8ib.8xlarge

Part of the M8IB 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.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).8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large32 vCPUs • 128 GB RAM • EBS only • 33.33 Gbps Network
On-demand, Linux
$2.6733/ hr
~$1,951.49/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1
Savings Plan, Linux
$1.18373/ hr
From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −56% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)
Per unit
$0.0835/ vCPU-hr
$0.0209/GB-hr
Compute
32vCPUs
16 cores • x86_64
Memory
128GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Network
33.33 Gbps
Baseline: 33.333 Gbps
Storage & EBS
3,125MB/s
Max: 120,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to m8ib.8xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

MachineSizeOn-demand Linuxvs m8ib.8xlarge
m8ib.8xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-132 vCPU · 128 GiB$2.67328/hr—
n4-standard-32same 32 vCPU and 128 GiB; Intel on both32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.4512/hr46% less
n2-standard-32same 32 vCPU and 128 GiB; Intel on both32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.750048/hr35% less
e2-standard-32same 32 vCPU and 128 GiB; Intel vs Intel or AMD32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.207533/hr55% 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

ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs
Physical Cores16
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score778,968
CoreMark / vCPU24,342.7 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding233 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar291,390 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0835
Cost per GB-hr$0.0209

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods394 pods
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs400 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance33.33 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 Factor64
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$2.6733/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$3.4370/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$2.9040/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
6regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 6 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$3.4370
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$2.9877
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$2.9795
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$2.6733
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$2.6733
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$2.6733