m6id.12xlargevsr6id.12xlarge

m6id.12xlarge is 22% cheaper than r6id.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $570.28 a month.

At a glancem6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
On-demand$2.848/hr22% less$3.629/hr
Lowest rate$0.5366/hr80% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.671/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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.

Optionm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge vs m6id.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.848$3.629▲ 27%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.536626% off$2.671▲ 398%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.79437% off$2.281▲ 27%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.2357% off$1.568▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.08527% off$2.633▲ 26%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.43349% off$1.864▲ 30%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6id.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.848 vs $3.629 per hour
22% cheaper
Where r6id.12xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher

Specs

3 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
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
Memory1 of 1 differm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Network18750 Megabit18750 Megabit
Network baseline18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 12 matchm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,425 GB SSD2 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Familym6idr6id
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
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 m6id.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6id.12xlarger6id.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.848$3.629▲ 27%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.848$3.629▲ 27%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.848$3.629▲ 27%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.99$3.81▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.02$3.727▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$3.02$3.727▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.074$3.806▲ 24%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$3.175$3.982▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.175$4.032▲ 27%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.175$4.032▲ 27%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.301$4.259▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$3.311$3.946▲ 19%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.334$4.234▲ 27%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.427$4.36▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.503$4.361▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.553$4.385▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.578$4.176▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.605$4.361▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.679$4.385▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.757$4.385▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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

m6id.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m6id family
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r6id.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r6id family

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