Amazon EC2 M8a instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) region

Amazon EC2 M8a Instances Available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region

Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) region. These instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, delivering up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance compared to M7a instances.

Key highlights:

• Performance: Up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance compared to M7a instances.
• Memory Bandwidth: 45% more memory bandwidth compared to M7a instances.
• Benchmarks: Up to 60% faster for GroovyJVM benchmark and up to 39% faster for Cassandra benchmark compared to M7a instances.
• SAP-certified: M8a instances are SAP-certified.
• Instance Sizes: 12 sizes available, including 2 bare metal sizes.
• Use Cases: Ideal for financial applications, gaming, rendering, application servers, simulation modeling, mid-size data stores, application development environments, and caching fleets.

What to do

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console.
• Purchase M8a instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, or Spot instances.
• Visit the Amazon EC2 M8a instance page for more information.

Source: AWS release notes

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