m6i.16xlargevsm6idn.16xlarge

m6i.16xlarge is 40% cheaper than m6idn.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,474.45 a month.

At a glancem6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
On-demand$3.072/hr40% less$5.092/hr
Lowest rate$0.8161/hr37% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.299/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge vs m6i.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.072$5.092▲ 66%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$0.816174% off$1.299▲ 59%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$2.03237% off$3.208▲ 58%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$1.39361% off$1.98▲ 42%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.25727% off$3.721▲ 65%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.55855% off$2.276▲ 46%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6i.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.072 vs $5.092 per hour
40% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where m6idn.16xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps vs 20,000 Mbps
2.5× higher

Specs

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
Network25000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage10 of 12 differm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000200,000
EBS max IOPS80,000200,000
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details1 of 10 differm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
Familym6im6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6i.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6i.16xlargem6idn.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.072$5.092▲ 66%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.072$5.092▲ 66%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.072$5.092▲ 66%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$3.232$5.359▲ 66%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.232$5.429▲ 68%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.264$5.312▲ 63%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.424$5.574▲ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.424$5.691▲ 66%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.552$5.791▲ 63%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.584$5.87▲ 64%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.68$6.065▲ 65%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.776$6.178▲ 64%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.84$6.253▲ 63%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.84$6.44▲ 68%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.872$6.402▲ 65%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.968$6.552▲ 65%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.048$6.61▲ 63%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.896$7.965▲ 63%

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