m6in.32xlargevsm8in.32xlarge

m6in.32xlarge is 17% cheaper than m8in.32xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,301.15 a month.

At a glancem6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
On-demand$8.911/hr17% less$10.693/hr
Lowest rate$1.526/hr51% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.108/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 512 GiB128 vCPUs, 512 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.

Optionm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge vs m6in.32xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.911$10.693▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted83% off$1.52671% off$3.108▲ 104%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$5.614——
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$3.435——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$6.50227% off$7.802▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$3.94656% off$4.735▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6in.32xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.911 vs $10.693 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
2.5× higher
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 200 Gbps
2× higher
Where m8in.32xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes88 vs 27
3.3× higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

19 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
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 matchm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking6 of 9 differm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
Network200000 Megabit200 Gigabit
Network baseline400 Gbps200 Gbps
Network peak400 Gbps200 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1616
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Network cards2–
Storage8 of 11 differm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput100000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth100,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput12,500 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput12,500 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS400,000160,000
EBS max IOPS400,000160,000
Max EBS volumes2788
Instance details1 of 10 differm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlarge
Familym6inm8in
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
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 m6in.32xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6in.32xlargem8in.32xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.911$10.693▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.911$10.693▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.911$10.693▲ 20%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.931$11.918▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.959$11.951▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$11.457$13.748▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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

m6in.32xlargeGeneral purpose, m6in family
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m8in.32xlargeGeneral purpose, m8in family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.