m6a.12xlarge

m6a.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.074 per hour on demand ($1,513.73 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.372 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.684 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.333 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.333$0.6694$0.8805$0.6062$0.9841$0.67
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$1.333$0.1333$0.8819$0.6047$0.9852$0.67
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.074$0.684$1.372$0.9406$1.524$1.052
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.074$0.5725$1.372$0.9406$1.524$1.052
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.074$0.8242$1.372$0.9406$1.524$1.052
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.311$0.792$1.524$1.053$1.69$1.166
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.311$0.9905$1.529$1.048$1.754$1.214
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.398$0.8078$1.584$1.09$1.821$1.247
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$2.419$0.69$1.60$1.097$1.836$1.271
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.419$0.9012$1.595$1.102$1.835$1.271
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.419$0.7087$1.595$1.102$1.841$1.262
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.484$0.9418$1.643$1.127$1.894$1.292
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.592$0.9853$1.715$1.176$1.93$1.315
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.592$1.157$1.715$1.176$1.97$1.357
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.678$0.9604$1.775$1.213$2.029$1.391
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.305$0.5853$2.048$1.494$2.245$1.715
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$2.074$1.372$0.9406
Ubuntu Pro$2.158––
SUSE$2.199$1.432$0.9946
RHEL$2.592$1.89$1.459
Linux SQL Web$2.885$2.183$1.752
RHEL HA$3.264$2.562$2.131
RHEL SQL Web$3.403––
Windows$4.282$3.58$3.149
Windows SQL Web$5.093$4.391$3.96
Linux SQL Std$7.834$7.132$6.701
RHEL SQL Std$8.352––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.024––
Windows SQL Std$10.042$9.34$8.909
Linux SQL Ent$20.074$19.372$18.941
RHEL SQL Ent$20.592––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.264––
Windows SQL Ent$22.282$21.58$21.149

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)192
NetworkingValue
Network18.75 Gbps
Network baseline18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.12xlarge
Familym6a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare m6a.12xlarge

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Other generations

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Other m6a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m6a.large28$0.0864
m6a.xlarge416$0.1728
m6a.2xlarge832$0.3456
m6a.4xlarge1664$0.6912
m6a.8xlarge32128$1.382
m6a.12xlarge48192$2.074
m6a.16xlarge64256$2.765
m6a.24xlarge96384$4.147
m6a.32xlarge128512$5.53
m6a.48xlarge192768$8.294
m6a.metal192768$8.294

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.