m6id.16xlargevsm8id.16xlarge

m6id.16xlarge is 9% cheaper than m8id.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $277.25 a month.

At a glancem6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
On-demand$3.797/hr9% less$4.177/hr
Lowest rate$0.7605/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.065/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite 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.

Optionm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge vs m6id.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.797$4.177▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.760575% off$1.065▲ 40%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.392——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.64——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.7827% off$3.059▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.91150% off$2.102▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6id.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.797 vs $4.177 per hour
9% cheaper
Where m8id.16xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes48 vs 25
92% higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking5 of 8 differm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
Network25000 Megabit30000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage3 of 12 differm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD1 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2548
Instance details1 of 10 differm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlarge
Familym6idm8id
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 m6id.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6id.16xlargem8id.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.797$4.177▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.797$4.177▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.797$4.177▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$4.027$4.429▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.099$4.509▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.234$4.657▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.234$4.657▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.234$4.657▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.402$4.842▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.57$5.027▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.771$5.248▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.906$5.396▲ 10%

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