Instances›AWS EC2›m8ine›m8ine.4xlarge
Compute
vCPUs16
Memory64 GiB
Mem / vCPU4.00 GiB
ProcessorXeon Scalable
Clock speed3.9 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
TypeEBS only
Bandwidth10,000 Mbps
Throughput1250 MB/s
IOPS40,000
Networking
Performance25 Gigabit
Max ENIs8
IPv6Yes
GPUNone
Family sizes
m8ine.large2 vCPU · 8 GiB
m8ine.xlarge4 vCPU · 16 GiB
m8ine.2xlarge8 vCPU · 32 GiB
m8ine.4xlarge16 vCPU · 64 GiB
m8ine.8xlarge32 vCPU · 128 GiB
m8ine.12xlarge48 vCPU · 192 GiB
m8ine.4xlarge

The m8ine.4xlarge pairs 16 vCPU with 64 GiB of RAM, the 4.00 GiB-per-vCPU ratio that marks a general-purpose instance. In the name, "m" is the general-purpose line, "8" is the generation, "ine" marks Intel processors, enhanced networking and extended capacity and "4xlarge" is the size within the m8ine family. It runs on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) at 3.9 GHz, and AWS introduced it in April 2026. AWS has since shipped m9g; m9g.4xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 575,195 CoreMark/s against this instance's 385,473 — roughly 49% more throughput for the same vCPU count. gp.vs2.2xlarge on Rackspace Spot lines up one-for-one: 16 vCPU and 64 GiB, $1.67/hr on AWS in US East (N. Virginia), from $0.041/hr on Rackspace Spot.

Pricing by region
1 hr
RegionAWS on-demandAWS Spot1-yr Reserved3-yr ReservedRackspace SpotYou save
US East, N. Virginia$1.671$0.885$0.041
$1.630 savings
US Central, Chicagono AWS region$0.041
US Central, Dallasno AWS region$0.051
Hong Kong$0.011
Sydney, Australia$0.161
London, UK$0.221
US West, San Jose$0.151
US Central, Dallas 2no AWS region$0.001
US East, N. Virginia 2$1.671$0.885$0.151
$1.520 savings
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Small to mid-size relational databases
  • ●Backend services with no single dominant resource
  • ●Queue workers and scheduled jobs
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 64 GiB of RAM
  • ●Parallel work that can occupy 16 vCPU
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at 25 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●The working set needs more than 64 GiB of RAM
  • ●GPU or FPGA acceleration is needed
  • ●Sustained full-core CPU load. A compute-optimized family costs less per unit of work.
  • ●More than 4.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
  • ●The work is single-threaded. Most of these 16 vCPU would sit idle.
  • ●Local NVMe or instance-store disk is a hard requirement
Stop overpaying AWS. This compute costs $1,220/mo on AWS vs $30/mo on Rackspace Spot.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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