m6idn.xlargevsm8idn.xlarge

m6idn.xlarge is 17% cheaper than m8idn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $46.50 a month.

At a glancem6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
On-demand$0.3182/hr17% less$0.3819/hr
Lowest rate$0.0892/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1189/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.

Optionm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge vs m6idn.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.3182$0.3819▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.089269% off$0.1189▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.2005——
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.1237——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.232627% off$0.2791▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.142355% off$0.1707▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6idn.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.3182 vs $0.3819 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth3,125 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where m8idn.xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface30 vs 15
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

15 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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 matchm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 8 differm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 30000 MegabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Network baseline6.25 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1530
Storage8 of 12 differm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 237 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 25000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,125 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput390.625 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,5006,000
EBS max IOPS100,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details1 of 10 differm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlarge
Familym6idnm8idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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 m6idn.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6idn.xlargem8idn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.3182$0.3819▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.3182$0.3819▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.3182$0.3819▲ 20%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3484$0.418▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.3557$0.4268▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.4095$0.4914▲ 20%

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