m6a.16xlarge

m6a.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.765 per hour on demand ($2,018.30 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.829 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.7795 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.778 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$1.778$0.8565$1.174$0.8083$1.312$0.8934
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$1.778$0.1778$1.176$0.8063$1.313$0.8934
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.765$0.7795$1.829$1.254$2.031$1.402
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.765$0.6574$1.829$1.254$2.031$1.402
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.765$1.151$1.829$1.254$2.031$1.402
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.082$1.049$2.032$1.404$2.253$1.555
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.082$1.361$2.038$1.398$2.339$1.619
EU (London) eu-west-2$3.197$1.174$2.111$1.453$2.428$1.663
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$3.226$0.6873$2.134$1.463$2.448$1.695
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$3.226$0.9888$2.127$1.47$2.446$1.695
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.226$0.9533$2.127$1.47$2.454$1.683
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.312$1.382$2.191$1.502$2.525$1.723
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.456$1.253$2.286$1.568$2.573$1.753
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.456$1.357$2.286$1.568$2.627$1.809
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.571$1.138$2.366$1.617$2.705$1.855
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$4.406$0.6024$2.731$1.992$2.994$2.286
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$2.765$1.829$1.254
Ubuntu Pro$2.877––
SUSE$2.89$1.889$1.308
RHEL$3.456$2.52$1.945
Linux SQL Web$3.846$2.91$2.336
RHEL HA$4.352$3.416$2.841
RHEL SQL Web$4.538––
Windows$5.709$4.773$4.198
Windows SQL Web$6.79$5.854$5.28
Linux SQL Std$10.445$9.509$8.934
RHEL SQL Std$11.136––
RHEL HA SQL Std$12.032––
Windows SQL Std$13.389$12.453$11.878
Linux SQL Ent$26.765$25.829$25.254
RHEL SQL Ent$27.456––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$28.352––
Windows SQL Ent$29.709$28.773$28.198

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
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)256
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput13333 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.16xlarge
Familym6a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare m6a.16xlarge

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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.