Benchmarks for m8a.large
CPU benchmark for the m8a.large EC2 instance type, as well as the availability, pricing, and spot interruption percentage in various regions.
See the benchmarks for all EC2 instances.
This instance type is available for self-hosted GitHub Actions runners using RunsOn.
EC2 Instance family: m8a
CPU type: 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors (codename Turin) with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz. Specific features: Built on the AWS Nitro System, offers up to 30% higher performance and 45% more memory bandwidth than M7a instances, and supports up to 75 Gbps networking bandwidth and Instance Bandwidth Configuration (IBC). Date of release: Generally available on October 8, 2025.
Results
This benchmark has been generated using the m8a.large instance type.
Results are averaged over many days (you can mouse over the sparkline to get more details).
🇺🇸 North Virginia (us-east-1)
| Family | Instance | Processor | CPU speed | On-demand | Spot (avg) | Savings | Interrupt % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m8a | m8a.large | AMD EPYC 9R45 (x86_64) | 3818 | $0.1217 | $0.0419 | 62% | >20% |
🇺🇸 Oregon (us-west-2)
| Family | Instance | Processor | CPU speed | On-demand | Spot (avg) | Savings | Interrupt % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m8a | m8a.large | AMD EPYC 9R45 (x86_64) | 3818 | $0.1217 | $0.0391 | 62% | >20% |
🇮🇪 Ireland (eu-west-1)
| Family | Instance | Processor | CPU speed | On-demand | Spot (avg) | Savings | Interrupt % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m8a | m8a.large | AMD EPYC 9R45 (x86_64) | 3818 | - | - | - | - |
🇩🇪 Frankfurt (eu-central-1)
| Family | Instance | Processor | CPU speed | On-demand | Spot (avg) | Savings | Interrupt % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m8a | m8a.large | AMD EPYC 9R45 (x86_64) | 3818 | $0.1458 | $0.0699 | - | - |
About those benchmarks
Benchmarks are performed using the Passmark benchmarking tool, using the CPU Single Threaded metric.
Last updated:March 3, 2026