m6g.16xlargevsr6g.16xlarge

m6g.16xlarge is 24% cheaper than r6g.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $555.97 a month.

At a glancem6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
On-demand$2.464/hr24% less$3.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.6408/hr28% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.8924/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 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.16xlarger6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge vs m6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.464$3.226▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.640872% off$0.8924▲ 39%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.54637% off$2.032▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.07157% off$1.393▲ 30%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$1.81427% off$2.339▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.27948% off$1.686▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.464 vs $3.226 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r6g.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

4 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed–2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256512
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchm6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput18000 Mbps18000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm6g.16xlarger6g.16xlarge
Familym6gr6g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
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.16xlarger6g.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.619$2.08▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.619$2.08▲ 28%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.464$3.226▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.464$3.226▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.464$3.226▲ 31%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.587$3.387▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.611$3.308▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.611$3.308▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.624$3.424▲ 30%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.739$3.533▲ 29%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$2.739$3.533▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.752$3.61▲ 31%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.752$3.61▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.842$3.789▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$2.851$3.502▲ 23%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.867$3.789▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.867$3.584▲ 25%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.88$3.776▲ 31%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.89$3.79▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.944$3.891▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.008$3.904▲ 30%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$3.008$3.971▲ 32%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.027$3.971▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.072$3.891▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$3.072$3.866▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.072$3.891▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.072$3.866▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.098$3.866▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.098$3.866▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.168$3.891▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.174$3.891▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.226$4.059▲ 26%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.238$4.28▲ 32%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.251$4.301▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.392$4.288▲ 26%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.917$5.146▲ 31%

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