m7g.16xlargevsm7i.16xlarge

m7g.16xlarge is 19% cheaper than m7i.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $448.51 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancem7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
On-demand$2.611/hr19% less$3.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.85/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.8103/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlargem7i.16xlarge vs m7g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.611$3.226▲ 24%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.8575% off$0.8103▼ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.72734% off$2.134▲ 24%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$1.18455% off$1.463▲ 24%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.91827% off$2.37▲ 24%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.32449% off$1.636▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m7g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.611 vs $3.226 per hour
19% cheaper
Physical cores64 vs 32
2× higher
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
Where m7i.16xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes48 vs 27
78% higher
Clock speed3.2 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
28% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6432
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking4 of 8 differm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
Network30 Gigabit25000 Megabit
Network baseline30 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage1 of 11 differm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
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 volumes2748
Instance details2 of 10 differm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlarge
Familym7gm7i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m7g.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm7g.16xlargem7i.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.866$3.394▲ 82%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.866$3.394▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.611$3.226▲ 24%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.611$3.226▲ 24%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.611$3.226▲ 24%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.742$3.387▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.774$3.427▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.774$3.427▲ 24%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.774$3.427▲ 24%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.909$3.595▲ 24%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.91$3.595▲ 24%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.911$3.595▲ 24%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.019$3.73▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$3.035$3.75▲ 24%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.046$3.763▲ 24%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.046$3.763▲ 24%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.056$3.775▲ 24%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.128$3.864▲ 24%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.201$3.955▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.21$3.965▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.264$4.032▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$3.264$4.032▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.264$4.032▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.264$4.032▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.29$4.066▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.291$4.066▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.373$4.166▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.373$4.166▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.427$4.234▲ 24%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.441$4.25▲ 24%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.455$4.267▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.59$4.435▲ 24%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.162$5.141▲ 24%

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m7g.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m7g family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.