m6idn.16xlargevsr6idn.16xlarge

m6idn.16xlarge is 19% cheaper than r6idn.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $847.31 a month.

At a glancem6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge
On-demand$5.092/hr19% less$6.253/hr
Lowest rate$1.299/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.375/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.

Optionm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge vs m6idn.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.092$6.253▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$1.29978% off$1.375▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.20837% off$3.939▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$1.9859% off$2.546▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.72128% off$4.53▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$2.27653% off$2.923▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6idn.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.092 vs $6.253 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r6idn.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

3 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm6idn.16xlarger6idn.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
Memory1 of 1 differm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256512
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge
Network100000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 12 matchm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput50000 Mbps50000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth50,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput6,250 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput6,250 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS200,000200,000
EBS max IOPS200,000200,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlarge
Familym6idnr6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
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 m6idn.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6idn.16xlarger6idn.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.092$6.253▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.092$6.253▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.092$6.253▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$5.312$6.627▲ 25%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$5.574$6.878▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.691$6.964▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.065$7.451▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$6.253$7.488▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$6.402$7.525▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.44$7.638▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.552$7.60▲ 16%

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