m6a.2xlarge

m6a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3456 per hour on demand ($252.29 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2286 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1426 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.2222 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$0.2222$0.1152$0.1467$0.101$0.164$0.1117
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.2222$0.0234$0.147$0.1008$0.1642$0.1117
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.3456$0.1426$0.2286$0.1568$0.2539$0.1753
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3456$0.1136$0.2286$0.1568$0.2539$0.1753
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3456$0.1566$0.2286$0.1568$0.2539$0.1753
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.3852$0.1817$0.254$0.1755$0.2816$0.1944
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.3852$0.26$0.2548$0.1747$0.2924$0.2024
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.3996$0.1543$0.2639$0.1817$0.3034$0.2079
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.4032$0.1335$0.2667$0.1829$0.306$0.2119
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.4032$0.166$0.2659$0.1837$0.3058$0.2119
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.4032$0.1876$0.2659$0.1837$0.3068$0.2103
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.414$0.1827$0.2739$0.1878$0.3157$0.2153
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.432$0.2083$0.2858$0.196$0.3217$0.2191
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.432$0.2041$0.2858$0.196$0.3284$0.2262
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.4464$0.2002$0.2958$0.2022$0.3381$0.2319
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.5508$0.1208$0.3413$0.249$0.3742$0.2858
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$0.3456$0.2286$0.1568
Ubuntu Pro$0.3596––
RHEL$0.4608$0.3438$0.272
SUSE$0.4706$0.2886$0.2108
Linux SQL Web$0.4808$0.3638$0.292
RHEL SQL Web$0.596––
RHEL HA$0.6008$0.4838$0.412
Windows$0.7136$0.5966$0.5248
Windows SQL Web$0.8488$0.7318$0.66
Linux SQL Std$1.306$1.189$1.117
RHEL SQL Std$1.421––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.561––
Windows SQL Std$1.674$1.557$1.485
Linux SQL Ent$3.346$3.229$3.157
RHEL SQL Ent$3.461––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.601––
Windows SQL Ent$3.714$3.597$3.525

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.2xlarge
Familym6a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.