m8g.medium
General purpose · m8g series · AWS Graviton4 Processor
- vCPU
- 1
- Memory
- 4 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.0449
- Per month
- $32.76
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0449
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0112
Analysis
The m8g.medium is a general purpose instance in the m8g series with 1 vCPU and 4 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 $28.80 a month per instance: $0.0321/hour against $0.0715/hour, a 123% spread.
It is the cheapest of the 5 processor variants AWS sells at this size and generation. The m8gn.medium on AWS Graviton4 costs 62% more, and the m8gd.medium, the m8a.medium and the m8gb.medium also sit above it.
At $0.0449/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $32.76 a month, the m8g.medium 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.medium on AWS Graviton3 ($2.98 more a month per instance), in exchange for the newer processor. The newer m9g.medium on AWS Graviton5 is 9.0% dearer at $0.0489/hour.
Looking beyond its own line, 2 of 13 current types with 1 vCPU and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m6g.medium on AWS Graviton2 at $0.0385/hour.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.0449 | – | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.0449 | – | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.0449 | – | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.0500 | – | $0.0330 | $0.0228 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.0715 | – | $0.0443 | $0.0323 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.0500 | – | $0.0331 | $0.0227 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.0519 | – | $0.0343 | $0.0236 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.0538 | – | $0.0356 | $0.0244 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.0321 | – | $0.0212 | $0.0146 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.0561 | – | $0.0371 | $0.0255 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.0561 | – | $0.0371 | $0.0254 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.0580 | – | $0.0384 | $0.0262 |
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.medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.medium AWS Graviton2 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0385 | -14% |
| m7g.medium AWS Graviton3 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0408 | -9% |
| m6gd.medium AWS Graviton2 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0452 | +1% |
| m9g.medium AWS Graviton5 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0489 | +9% |
| m7gd.medium AWS Graviton3 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0534 | +19% |
| m8gd.medium AWS Graviton4 Processor | 1 | 4 GiB | $0.0577 | +28% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 1 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 4 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| Clock | 2.7 GHz |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Network | Up to 12.5 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 |