m5.xlargevsm6i.xlarge

m5.xlarge and m6i.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.192 per hour.

At a glancem5.xlargem6i.xlarge
On-demand$0.192/hr$0.192/hr
Lowest rate$0.0391/hr54% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0849/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem6i.xlargem6i.xlarge vs m5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.192$0.192Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.039156% off$0.0849▲ 117%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.12134% off$0.127▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.08355% off$0.0871▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.14127% off$0.1411Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.09749% off$0.0974Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where m6i.xlarge 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

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.xlargem6i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU16–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.xlargem6i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differm5.xlargem6i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 11 differm5.xlargem6i.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.xlargem6i.xlarge
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.xlargem6i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.192$0.192Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.192$0.192Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.192$0.192Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.202$0.202Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.202$0.202Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.204$0.204Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.214$0.214Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.214$0.214Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.214$0.214Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.222$0.222Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.224$0.224Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.224$0.224Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.224$0.224Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.225$0.2247Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.23$0.23Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.235$0.264▲ 12%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.235$0.2354Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.236$0.236Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.24$0.24Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.24$0.24Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.24$0.24Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.242$0.242Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.242$0.242Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.248$0.248Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.248$0.248Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.253$0.253Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.254$0.254Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.264$0.264Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.306$0.306Same

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare m5.xlarge with

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

Compare m6i.xlarge with

c6i.xlargem6g.xlarger6i.xlarget3.xlargem6id.xlargem6a.xlargem6idn.xlargem6in.xlarget2.xlargem7i.xlarge

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