m4.16xlargevsr4.16xlarge

m4.16xlarge is 25% cheaper than r4.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $770.88 a month.

At a glancem4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
On-demand$3.20/hr25% less$4.256/hr
Lowest rate$0.6699/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.8698/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 488 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm4.16xlarger4.16xlarger4.16xlarge vs m4.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.20$4.256▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.669980% off$0.8698▲ 30%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$1.98237% off$2.688▲ 36%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.38257% off$1.832▲ 33%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment29% off$2.2827% off$3.091▲ 36%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.5951% off$2.106▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m4.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.20 vs $4.256 per hour
25% cheaper
Clock speed2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
4% higher
Where r4.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)488 vs 256
91% higher
Max network interfaces15 vs 8
88% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps vs 10,000 Mbps
40% higher
ECU201 vs 188
7% higher

Specs

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 11 differm4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU188201
Memory1 of 1 differm4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256488
Networking2 of 8 differm4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces815
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage7 of 11 differm4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps14,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps14,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS65,00075,000
EBS max IOPS65,00075,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details2 of 10 differm4.16xlarger4.16xlarge
Familym4r4
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m4.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm4.16xlarger4.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.20$4.256▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.20$4.256▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.20$4.256▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.36$4.384▲ 30%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.552$4.672▲ 32%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.552$4.742▲ 34%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.712$4.992▲ 34%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.744$4.742▲ 27%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.84$5.122▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.936$5.12▲ 30%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.00$5.12▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.00$5.107▲ 28%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.032$5.107▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$4.128$5.12▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.128$5.12▲ 24%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.088$8.96▲ 76%

Keep exploring

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.