m5.largevsm6i.large

m5.large and m6i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.096 per hour.

At a glancem5.largem6i.large
On-demand$0.096/hr$0.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.0374/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0313/hr16% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem6i.largem6i.large vs m5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.096$0.096Same
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.037467% off$0.0313▼ 16%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.0634% off$0.0635▲ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.04155% off$0.0436▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.07127% off$0.0705▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.04949% off$0.0487▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where m6i.large leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

12 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.largem6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.largem6i.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differm5.largem6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage4 of 11 differm5.largem6i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.largem6i.large
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.largem6i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.096$0.096Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.096$0.096Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.096$0.096Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.101$0.101Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.101$0.101Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.102$0.102Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.107$0.107Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.107$0.107Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.107$0.107Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.111$0.111Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.112$0.112Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.112$0.112Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.112$0.1124Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.112$0.112Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.115$0.115Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.118$0.118Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.118$0.132▲ 12%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.118$0.1177Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.12$0.12Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.12$0.12Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.12$0.12Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.121$0.121Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.121$0.121Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.124$0.124Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.124$0.124Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.127$0.127Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.127$0.1265Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.132$0.132Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.153$0.153Same

Keep exploring

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

m5.largeGeneral purpose, m5 family
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