m8g.12xlarge
General purpose · m8g series · AWS Graviton4 Processor
- vCPU
- 48
- Memory
- 192 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $2.15
- Per month
- $1,573
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0449
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0112
Analysis
The m8g.12xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m8g series with 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory on AWS Graviton4 (up to 2.7 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Running it in Mumbai instead of São Paulo saves $1,382 a month per instance: $1.54/hour against $3.43/hour, a 123% spread.
It is the cheapest of the 5 processor variants AWS sells at this size and generation. The m8a.12xlarge on AMD EPYC 9R45 costs 36% more, and the m8i-flex.12xlarge, the m8i.12xlarge and the m8gd.12xlarge also sit above it.
At $2.15/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $1,573 a month, the m8g.12xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 20% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0449.
Compared with the previous generation, it costs 10% more than the m7g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton3 ($143 more a month per instance), in exchange for the newer processor. The newer m9g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton5 is 9.0% dearer at $2.35/hour.
Looking beyond its own line, 4 of 36 current types with 48 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m6g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $1.85/hour.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $2.15 | – | $1.43 | $0.9772 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $2.15 | – | $1.43 | $0.9772 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $2.15 | – | $1.43 | $0.9772 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $2.40 | – | $1.58 | $1.09 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $3.43 | – | $2.13 | $1.55 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $2.40 | – | $1.59 | $1.09 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $2.49 | – | $1.65 | $1.13 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $2.58 | – | $1.71 | $1.17 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $1.54 | – | $1.02 | $0.7003 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $2.69 | – | $1.78 | $1.22 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $2.69 | – | $1.78 | $1.22 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $2.78 | – | $1.84 | $1.26 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs m8g.12xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.12xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.85 | -14% |
| m7g.12xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.96 | -9% |
| m5a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.06 | -4% |
| m6a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.07 | -4% |
| m6gd.12xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.17 | +1% |
| m7i-flex.12xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.30 | +7% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 48 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 192 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| Clock | 2.7 GHz |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Network | 22.5 Gigabit |
m8g sizes
| m8g.medium | 1 vCPU | $0.0449 |
| m8g.large | 2 vCPU | $0.0898 |
| m8g.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.1795 |
| m8g.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.3590 |
| m8g.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $0.7181 |
| m8g.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $1.44 |
| m8g.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $2.15 |
| m8g.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $2.87 |
| m8g.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $4.31 |
| m8g.48xlarge | 192 vCPU | $8.62 |