m8ib.96xlarge

Analysis

The m8ib.96xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m8ib series with 384 vCPUs and 1536 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) (up to 3.9 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.

Within the same generation and size, the m8i.96xlarge on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) costs $20.32/hour, 37% less ($8,583 a month). The other variants are the m8id.96xlarge at $25.06, the m8in.96xlarge at $32.08 and the m8idn.96xlarge at $36.66.

Running it in N. Virginia instead of Tokyo saves $6,690 a month per instance: $32.08/hour against $41.24/hour, a 29% spread. It is not offered in Canada Central, São Paulo, London, Frankfurt, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney, so plan around that if you need a presence there.

Per vCPU it is one of the dearer general purpose types: 87% of the 354 current types in the family cost less than its $0.0835 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for a newer processor or a specialised configuration. On demand it is $32.08/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $23,418 for a 730-hour month.

It is the largest of the 11 m8ib sizes. Dropping to the m8ib.48xlarge saves $11,709 a month.

Windows Server roughly adds 55% to the bill at $49.74/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.