m6g.xlargevsr6g.xlarge

m6g.xlarge is 24% cheaper than r6g.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $34.75 a month.

At a glancem6g.xlarger6g.xlarge
On-demand$0.154/hr24% less$0.2016/hr
Lowest rate$0.0832/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0596/hr28% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger6g.xlarger6g.xlarge vs m6g.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.154$0.2016▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted46% off$0.083270% off$0.0596▼ 28%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.096637% off$0.127▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.066957% off$0.0871▲ 30%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.113427% off$0.1462▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.079948% off$0.1054▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6g.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.154 vs $0.2016 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r6g.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher

Specs

5 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differm6g.xlarger6g.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
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.xlarger6g.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1632
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6g.xlarger6g.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage1 of 11 differm6g.xlarger6g.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput1125 MbpsUp to 4500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,188 Mbps1,188 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput148.5 MB/s148.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm6g.xlarger6g.xlarge
Familym6gr6g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm6g.xlarger6g.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.1012$0.13▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1012$0.13▲ 28%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.154$0.2016▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.154$0.2016▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.154$0.2016▲ 31%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.1617$0.2117▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.1632$0.2067▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.1632$0.2067▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.164$0.214▲ 30%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1712$0.2208▲ 29%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.1712$0.2208▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.172$0.2256▲ 31%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.172$0.2256▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1776$0.2368▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.1782$0.2189▲ 23%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1792$0.2368▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1792$0.224▲ 25%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.18$0.236▲ 31%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.1806$0.2369▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.184$0.2432▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.188$0.244▲ 30%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.188$0.2482▲ 32%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.1892$0.2482▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.192$0.2432▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.192$0.2416▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.192$0.2432▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.192$0.2416▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.1936$0.2416▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1936$0.2416▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.198$0.2432▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1984$0.2432▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.2016$0.2537▲ 26%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.2024$0.2675▲ 32%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.2032$0.2688▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.212$0.268▲ 26%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.2448$0.3216▲ 31%

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