m6a.largevsm6i.large

m6a.large is 10% cheaper than m6i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.01 a month.

At a glancem6a.largem6i.large
On-demand$0.0864/hr10% less$0.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.0318/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0313/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel 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.

Optionm6a.largem6i.largem6i.large vs m6a.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0864$0.096▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.031867% off$0.0313▼ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.057234% off$0.0635▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.039255% off$0.0436▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.063527% off$0.0705▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.043849% off$0.0487▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6a.large leads
On-demand price$0.0864 vs $0.096 per hour
10% cheaper
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
3% higher
Where m6i.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differm6a.largem6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6a.largem6i.large
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6a.largem6i.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage1 of 11 differm6a.largem6i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm6a.largem6i.large
Familym6am6i
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 m6a.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6a.largem6i.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0556$0.101▲ 82%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0556$0.101▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0864$0.096▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0864$0.096▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0864$0.096▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0963$0.107▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0963$0.107▲ 11%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0999$0.111▲ 11%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1008$0.112▲ 11%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.1008$0.112▲ 11%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1008$0.112▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1035$0.115▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.108$0.12▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.108$0.12▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1116$0.124▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1377$0.153▲ 11%

Keep exploring

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

m6a.largeGeneral purpose, m6a family
m6a.large prices and specsEvery size in the m6a family

Compare m6a.large with

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m6i.largeGeneral purpose, m6i family
m6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

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