m6i.4xlargevsm7i.4xlarge

m6i.4xlarge is 5% cheaper than m7i.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $28.03 a month.

At a glancem6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
On-demand$0.768/hr5% less$0.8064/hr
Lowest rate$0.1474/hr48% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.2838/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
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.4xlargem7i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge vs m6i.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.768$0.8064▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.147465% off$0.2838▲ 93%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.50834% off$0.5334▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.348455% off$0.3658▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.564227% off$0.5925▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.389549% off$0.409▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6i.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.768 vs $0.8064 per hour
5% cheaper
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
9% higher
Where m7i.4xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher

Specs

6 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline6.25 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage1 of 11 differm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlarge
Familym6im7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6i.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6i.4xlargem7i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.768$0.8064▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.768$0.8064▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.768$0.8064▲ 5%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.8064$0.8467▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.808$0.8484▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.808$0.8484▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.816$0.8568▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.816$0.8568▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.816$0.8568▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.856$0.8988▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.856$0.8988▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.888$0.9324▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.8928$0.9374▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.896$0.9408▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.896$0.9408▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.896$0.9408▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.8988$0.9438▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.92$0.966▲ 5%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.9416$0.9887▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.944$0.9912▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.96$1.008▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.96$1.008▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.96$1.008▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.968$1.016▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.968$1.016▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.992$1.042▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.992$1.042▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.008$1.058▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$1.012$1.063▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.016$1.067▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.056$1.109▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.224$1.285▲ 5%

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m6i.4xlargeGeneral purpose, m6i family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.