m5.4xlargevsm6i.4xlarge

m5.4xlarge and m6i.4xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.768 per hour.

At a glancem5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
On-demand$0.768/hr$0.768/hr
Lowest rate$0.16/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1474/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 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.

Optionm5.4xlargem6i.4xlargem6i.4xlarge vs m5.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.768$0.768Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.1681% off$0.1474▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.48434% off$0.508▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.33255% off$0.3484▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.56427% off$0.5642Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.38949% off$0.3895Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.4xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where m6i.4xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network baseline6.25 Gbps vs 5 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 differm5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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
ECU70–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differm5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline5 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 11 differm5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75020,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.4xlargem6i.4xlarge
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.4xlargem6i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.768$0.768Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.768$0.768Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.768$0.768Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.808$0.808Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.808$0.808Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.816$0.816Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.856$0.856Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.856$0.856Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.856$0.856Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.888$0.888Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.896$0.896Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.896$0.896Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.896$0.896Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.899$0.8988Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.92$0.92Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.942$1.056▲ 12%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.942$0.9416Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.944$0.944Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.96$0.96Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.96$0.96Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.96$0.96Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.968$0.968Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.968$0.968Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.992$0.992Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.992$0.992Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$1.012$1.012Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.016$1.016Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.056$1.056Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.224$1.224Same

Keep exploring

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

m5.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m5 family
m5.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

Compare m5.4xlarge with

c5.4xlargem5d.4xlarger5.4xlargem5a.4xlargem5dn.4xlargem5n.4xlargem4.4xlarge
m6i.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m6i family
m6i.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare m6i.4xlarge with

c6i.4xlargem6g.4xlarger6i.4xlargem6id.4xlargem6a.4xlargem6idn.4xlargem6in.4xlargem7i.4xlarge

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