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Announcing new Amazon EC2 general purpose M8azn instances

Published
February 12, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/aws-m8azn-instances-generally-available

Amazon EC2 M8azn Instances Now Available

AWS has introduced the general availability of new Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, powered by fifth generation AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 5GHz CPU frequency. These instances provide up to 2x compute performance compared to M5zn instances and up to 24% higher performance than M8a instances.

Key features include:

  • Memory Bandwidth: Up to 4.3x higher than M5zn instances
  • L3 Cache: 10x larger than M5zn instances
  • Networking Throughput: Up to 2x higher than M5zn instances
  • EBS Throughput: Up to 3x higher than M5zn instances

These instances are ideal for applications like real-time financial analytics, high-performance computing, and more. They are available in 9 sizes, ranging from 2 to 96 vCPUs with up to 384 GiB of memory, including two bare metal variants.

What to do

Source: AWS release notes




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