--- title: Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances | daily.dev description: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors. These instances offer up to 75... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-rds-now-supports-amd-based-m8a-instances-k5hamfe2i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances | daily.dev og:description: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors. These instances offer up to 75... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-rds-now-supports-amd-based-m8a-instances-k5hamfe2i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/K5hAmfE2i.png og:image:alt: Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors. These instances offer up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth, built on AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards. M8a instances are available in select US, Asia Pacific, and European regions, accessible via the RDS console or CLI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the network and EBS bandwidth of the new AWS RDS M8a instances? M8a database instances on Amazon RDS provide up to 75 Gbps of network bandwidth and 60 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth. They are powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, with each vCPU corresponding to a physical CPU core for consistent per-core performance, and run on the AWS Nitro System using sixth-generation Nitro Cards. _Teams comparing instance types for I/O-heavy database workloads track releases like this one on daily.dev._ ### Which AWS regions support M8a RDS instances and which database engines work with them? M8a database instances are available for Amazon RDS running PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Tokyo, Hyderabad), and Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, Spain). 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