m5.16xlargevsm6i.16xlarge

m5.16xlarge and m6i.16xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $3.072 per hour.

At a glancem5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
On-demand$3.072/hr$3.072/hr
Lowest rate$0.5537/hr32% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.8161/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
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.

Optionm5.16xlargem6i.16xlargem6i.16xlarge vs m5.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.072$3.072Same
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$0.553773% off$0.8161▲ 47%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.93534% off$2.032▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.32755% off$1.393▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.25727% off$2.257Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.55849% off$1.558Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where m6i.16xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 13,600 Mbps
47% higher
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

15 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU256–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differm5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit25000 Megabit
Network baseline20 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differm5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00080,000
EBS max IOPS60,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.16xlargem6i.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.072$3.072Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.072$3.072Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.072$3.072Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$3.232$3.232Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.232$3.232Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.264$3.264Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.424$3.424Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$3.424$3.424Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.424$3.424Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.552$3.552Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$3.584$3.584Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.584$3.584Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.584$3.584Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.595$3.595Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.68$3.68Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$3.766$4.224▲ 12%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.766$3.766Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.776$3.776Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.84$3.84Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.84$3.84Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.84$3.84Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.872$3.872Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.872$3.872Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.968$3.968Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.968$3.968Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.048$4.048Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.064$4.064Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$4.224$4.224Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.896$4.896Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

m5.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m5 family
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m6i.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m6i family
m6i.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare m6i.16xlarge with

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