m6idn.8xlargevsr6idn.8xlarge

m6idn.8xlarge is 19% cheaper than r6idn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $423.62 a month.

At a glancem6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
On-demand$2.546/hr19% less$3.126/hr
Lowest rate$0.6554/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.8698/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.8xlarger6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge vs m6idn.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.546$3.126▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.655472% off$0.8698▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.60437% off$1.97▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.989959% off$1.273▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.86128% off$2.265▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$1.13853% off$1.462▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6idn.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.546 vs $3.126 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r6idn.8xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher

Specs

4 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128256
NetworkingAll 8 matchm6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
Network50000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 12 matchm6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 1,900 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput25000 Mbps25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth25,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,125 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS100,000100,000
EBS max IOPS100,000100,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details3 of 10 differm6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlarge
Familym6idnr6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6idn.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6idn.8xlarger6idn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.546$3.126▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.546$3.126▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.546$3.126▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.656$3.313▲ 25%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.787$3.439▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.845$3.482▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.033$3.725▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.126$3.744▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.201$3.763▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.22$3.819▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.276$3.80▲ 16%

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