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New General Purpose Amazon EC2 M8a Instances

Published
October 9, 2025
https://aws.amazon.comabout-aws/whats-new/2025/10/general-purpose-amazon-ec2-m8a-instances/

New General-Purpose Amazon EC2 M8a Instances Available

AWS has announced the general availability of new general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances. These instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance compared to M7a instances. M8a instances provide 45% more memory bandwidth, making them ideal for latency-sensitive workloads.

Performance gains include:

  • GroovyJVM benchmark: 60% faster
  • Cassandra benchmark: up to 39% faster

M8a instances are SAP-certified and come in 12 sizes, including 2 bare metal sizes. They are suitable for high-performance applications such as financial applications, gaming, rendering, and more.

These instances are available in the following regions: US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain). You can purchase them via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances.

What to do

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

Source: AWS release notes

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