m6i.8xlargevsm7i.8xlarge

m6i.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than m7i.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $56.06 a month.

At a glancem6i.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
On-demand$1.536/hr5% less$1.613/hr
Lowest rate$0.3639/hr31% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.5271/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 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.8xlargem7i.8xlargem7i.8xlarge vs m6i.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.536$1.613▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$0.363967% off$0.5271▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.01634% off$1.067▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.696755% off$0.7316▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.12927% off$1.185▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.77949% off$0.8179▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.536 vs $1.613 per hour
5% cheaper
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
9% higher
Where m7i.8xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher

Specs

6 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6i.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6i.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
Network12500 Megabit12500 Megabit
Network baseline12.5 Gbps12.5 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.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differm6i.8xlargem7i.8xlarge
Familym6im7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6i.8xlargem7i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.536$1.613▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.536$1.613▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.536$1.613▲ 5%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$1.613$1.693▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.616$1.697▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.616$1.697▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.632$1.714▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$1.632$1.714▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.632$1.714▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.712$1.798▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.712$1.798▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.776$1.865▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$1.786$1.875▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$1.792$1.882▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.792$1.882▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.792$1.882▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$1.798$1.887▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.84$1.932▲ 5%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$1.883$1.977▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.888$1.982▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$1.92$2.016▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.92$2.016▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.92$2.016▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.936$2.033▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.936$2.033▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.984$2.083▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.984$2.083▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$2.016$2.117▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$2.024$2.125▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.032$2.134▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.112$2.218▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.448$2.57▲ 5%

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