m6g.metalvsr6g.metal

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

At a glancem6g.metalr6g.metal
On-demand$2.464/hr24% less$3.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.5709/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.6405/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.metalr6g.metalr6g.metal vs m6g.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$2.464$3.226▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.570980% off$0.6405▲ 12%
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.metal leads
On-demand price$2.464 vs $3.226 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r6g.metal leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

4 of 38 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm6g.metalr6g.metal
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.metalr6g.metal
Memory (GiB)256512
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6g.metalr6g.metal
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.metalr6g.metal
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 volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differm6g.metalr6g.metal
Familym6gr6g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm6g.metalr6g.metalDifference
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%

Keep exploring

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

m6g.metalGeneral purpose, m6g family
m6g.metal prices and specsEvery size in the m6g family

Compare m6g.metal with

c6g.metalm6gd.metalm6i.metalm6a.metalm7g.metal
r6g.metalMemory optimized, r6g family
r6g.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r6g family

Compare r6g.metal with

c6g.metalr6gd.metalr6i.metalr6a.metalr7g.metal

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