m8g.4xlarge
General purpose · m8g series · AWS Graviton4 Processor
- vCPU
- 16
- Memory
- 64 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.7181
- Per month
- $524
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0449
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0112
Analysis
The m8g.4xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m8g series with 16 vCPUs and 64 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 $461 a month per instance: $0.5133/hour against $1.14/hour, a 123% spread.
It is the cheapest of the 5 processor variants AWS sells at this size and generation. The m8a.4xlarge on AMD EPYC 9R45 costs 36% more, and the m8i-flex.4xlarge, the m8i.4xlarge and the m8gd.4xlarge also sit above it.
At $0.7181/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $524 a month, the m8g.4xlarge 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.4xlarge on AWS Graviton3 ($47.65 more a month per instance), in exchange for the newer processor. The newer m9g.4xlarge on AWS Graviton5 is 9.0% dearer at $0.7827/hour.
Looking beyond its own line, 4 of 37 current types with 16 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m6g.4xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.6160/hour.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.7181 | – | $0.4750 | $0.3257 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.7181 | – | $0.4750 | $0.3257 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.7181 | – | $0.4750 | $0.3257 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.8005 | – | $0.5279 | $0.3648 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $1.14 | – | $0.7093 | $0.5174 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.8003 | – | $0.5294 | $0.3630 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.8304 | – | $0.5484 | $0.3776 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.8603 | – | $0.5691 | $0.3902 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.5133 | – | $0.3390 | $0.2334 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.8976 | – | $0.5938 | $0.4072 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.8976 | – | $0.5938 | $0.4071 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.9275 | – | $0.6145 | $0.4200 |
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.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6160 | -14% |
| m7g.4xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6528 | -9% |
| m5a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6880 | -4% |
| m6a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6912 | -4% |
| m6gd.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.7232 | +1% |
| m7i-flex.4xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.7661 | +7% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 16 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 64 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| Clock | 2.7 GHz |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Network | Up to 15 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 |