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Amazon EC2 M8a instances expand to Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region

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Amazon EC2 M8a instances, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances offer significant performance and price-performance improvements over M7a instances, making them suitable for latency-sensitive and high-throughput workloads. They are SAP-certified and available in 12 sizes, including bare metal options, ideal for diverse applications like financial services and gaming.

  • →Amazon EC2 M8a instances launched in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region
  • →M8a instances show performance gains in benchmarks
  • →M8a instances offer SAP certification and flexible sizing
  • →M8a instances built on AWS Nitro System
Features (1) ›
  • Amazon EC2 M8a instances launched in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region

    General-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances feature 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors and offer improved performance, memory bandwidth, and price-performance compared to M7a instances.

Enhancements (2) ›
  • M8a instances show performance gains in benchmarks

    M8a instances deliver up to 60% faster performance for GroovyJVM benchmark and up to 39% faster for Cassandra benchmark compared to Amazon EC2 M7a instances. They are also ideal for latency-sensitive workloads due to higher memory bandwidth.

  • M8a instances offer SAP certification and flexible sizing

    These instances are SAP-certified and come in 12 sizes, including two bare metal options, allowing customers to match instance specifications closely to their workload needs. This makes them suitable for applications such as financial services, gaming, rendering, and caching fleets.

Notes (1) ›
  • M8a instances built on AWS Nitro System

    M8a instances are built using the latest sixth generation AWS Nitro Cards, supporting high-performance and high-throughput applications.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ec2-m8a-instances-asia-pacific-hyderabad-region/

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