m6g.mediumvsr6g.medium

m6g.medium is 24% cheaper than r6g.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.69 a month.

At a glancem6g.mediumr6g.medium
On-demand$0.0385/hr24% less$0.0504/hr
Lowest rate$0.0128/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0096/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 4 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.mediumr6g.mediumr6g.medium vs m6g.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0385$0.0504▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.012881% off$0.0096▼ 25%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.024137% off$0.0318▲ 32%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.016757% off$0.0218▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.028328% off$0.0365▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.0248% off$0.0264▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0385 vs $0.0504 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r6g.medium leads
Memory (GiB)8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

5 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm6g.mediumr6g.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumr6g.medium
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6g.mediumr6g.medium
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.5 Gbps0.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage1 of 11 differm6g.mediumr6g.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput300 MbpsUp to 4500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm6g.mediumr6g.medium
Familym6gr6g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6g.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6g.mediumr6g.mediumDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0253$0.0325▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0253$0.0325▲ 28%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0385$0.0504▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0385$0.0504▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0385$0.0504▲ 31%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.0404$0.0529▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.0408$0.0517▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.0408$0.0517▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.041$0.0535▲ 30%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0428$0.0552▲ 29%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.0428$0.0552▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.043$0.0564▲ 31%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.043$0.0564▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0444$0.0592▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.0446$0.0547▲ 23%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.0448$0.0592▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0448$0.056▲ 25%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.045$0.059▲ 31%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.0452$0.0592▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.046$0.0608▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.047$0.061▲ 30%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.047$0.062▲ 32%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.0473$0.062▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.048$0.0608▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.048$0.0604▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.048$0.0608▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.048$0.0604▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0484$0.0604▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0484$0.0604▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0495$0.0608▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.0496$0.0608▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.0504$0.0634▲ 26%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0506$0.0669▲ 32%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.0508$0.0672▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.053$0.067▲ 26%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0612$0.0804▲ 31%

Keep exploring

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

m6g.mediumGeneral purpose, m6g family
m6g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the m6g family

Compare m6g.medium with

c6g.mediumm6gd.mediumm7g.medium
r6g.mediumMemory optimized, r6g family
r6g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the r6g family

Compare r6g.medium with

c6g.mediumr6gd.mediumr7g.medium

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