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m8a.12xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

48 vCPU · 192 GiB · 22.5 Gigabit · AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor

$3.0734/hour on-demand · $2,244/month (Linux, Shared)

Pricing by os (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$3.0734$5.2814$3.5918$3.1984
Spot$0.7094$2.5427
1y Compute SP NU$2.2686$4.4766$2.7870$2.3285
3y Compute SP NU$1.5446$3.7526$2.0630$1.5986
1y EC2 SP NU$2.0297$4.2377$2.5481$2.0896
3y EC2 SP NU$1.3976$3.6056$1.9160$1.4516

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1a $0.7094 · ap-south-1c $0.7703 · ap-south-1b $0.6141

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Graviton-eligible → m8g.12xlarge (-50%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
m8g.12xlarge Graviton arch change$1.5398-50%+100%$1,120
m8gd.12xlarge Graviton arch change$1.8403-40%+67%$900
m8i-flex.12xlarge$2.5390-17%+21%$390
m8i.12xlarge$2.6724-13%+15%$293
m8id.12xlarge$3.3818+10%-9%$-225

Cheapest regions for m8a.12xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.9213-5%$111
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.9213-5%$111
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.9213-5%$111
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$3.0732-0.0%$0
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$3.0734current
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$3.2558+6%$-133

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (ap-south-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-09-22$3.0734$5.2814$0.7094

All attributes

vCPU
48
Cores / threads per core
48 / 1
Memory
192 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4.00 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
4.5 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
22.5 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
22.5 / 22.5 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
12 × 64
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
15000 / 15000 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
60,000 / 60000
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
No / Yes
Dedicated hosts
Supported
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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