Amazon EC2 made available the M8i and M8i-flex instance families powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) region. These instances offer up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x faster memory bandwidth compared to former Intel-based generations, serving a wide range of general-purpose workloads.
Benchmarks show up to 20% higher performance than M7i variants, with specific speedups for PostgreSQL, NGINX, and AI recommendation models. The M8i-flex line offers commonly used sizes that optimize price-performance for applications with underutilized compute capacity. They are SAP-certified, support sizes through 96xlarge, and include bare metal choices for enterprise-grade deployments.
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Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region ↗Source published 2026-05-26. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.