m6g.16xlargevsm7g.16xlarge

m6g.16xlarge is 6% cheaper than m7g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $107.46 a month.

At a glancem6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
On-demand$2.464/hr6% less$2.611/hr
Lowest rate$0.6408/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.85/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge vs m6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.464$2.611▲ 6%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.640867% off$0.85▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.54634% off$1.727▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.07155% off$1.184▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$1.81427% off$1.918▲ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.27949% off$1.324▲ 4%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.464 vs $2.611 per hour
6% cheaper
Where m7g.16xlarge leads
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

13 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed–2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking4 of 8 differm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage5 of 11 differm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput18000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlarge
Familym6gm7g
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6g.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6g.16xlargem7g.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.619$1.866▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.619$1.866▲ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.464$2.611▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.464$2.611▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.464$2.611▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.587$2.742▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.611$2.774▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.611$2.774▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.624$2.774▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.739$2.911▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.752$2.91▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.752$2.909▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.842$3.019▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$2.851$3.035▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.867$3.046▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.88$3.046▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.89$3.056▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.944$3.128▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.008$3.21▲ 7%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$3.008$3.59▲ 19%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.027$3.201▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.072$3.264▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$3.072$3.264▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.072$3.264▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.072$3.264▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.098$3.29▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.098$3.291▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.168$3.373▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.174$3.373▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.226$3.427▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.238$3.441▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.251$3.455▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.392$3.59▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.917$4.162▲ 6%

Keep exploring

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m6g.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m6g family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.