m6a.large

m6a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0864 per hour on demand ($63.07 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0572 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0318 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0556 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$0.0556$0.0265$0.0367$0.0253$0.041$0.0279
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.0556$0.0063$0.0368$0.0252$0.0411$0.0279
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.0864$0.0318$0.0572$0.0392$0.0635$0.0438
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.0864$0.0245$0.0572$0.0392$0.0635$0.0438
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.0864$0.0339$0.0572$0.0392$0.0635$0.0438
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.0963$0.0414$0.0635$0.0439$0.0704$0.0486
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0963$0.0555$0.0637$0.0437$0.0731$0.0506
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.0999$0.0374$0.066$0.0454$0.0759$0.052
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.1008$0.0332$0.0667$0.0457$0.0765$0.053
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.1008$0.0403$0.0665$0.0459$0.0765$0.053
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.1008$0.0437$0.0665$0.0459$0.0767$0.0526
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1035$0.0452$0.0685$0.047$0.0789$0.0538
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.108$0.0523$0.0714$0.049$0.0804$0.0548
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.108$0.0494$0.0714$0.049$0.0821$0.0565
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1116$0.0484$0.074$0.0505$0.0845$0.058
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.1377$0.0326$0.0853$0.0623$0.0936$0.0714
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$0.0864$0.0572$0.0392
Ubuntu Pro$0.0899––
RHEL$0.1152$0.086$0.068
SUSE$0.1427$0.0822$0.0612
RHEL HA$0.1502$0.121$0.103
Linux SQL Web$0.154$0.1248$0.1068
Windows$0.1784$0.1492$0.1312
RHEL SQL Web$0.1828––
Windows SQL Web$0.246$0.2168$0.1988
Linux SQL Std$0.5664$0.5372$0.5192
RHEL SQL Std$0.5952––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6302––
Windows SQL Std$0.6584$0.6292$0.6112

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.large
Familym6a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.