m6a.xlarge

m6a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1728 per hour on demand ($126.14 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1143 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0653 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.1111 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$0.1111$0.0563$0.0734$0.0505$0.082$0.0558
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.1111$0.0111$0.0735$0.0504$0.0821$0.0558
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.1728$0.0653$0.1143$0.0784$0.127$0.0876
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1728$0.0547$0.1143$0.0784$0.127$0.0876
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1728$0.069$0.1143$0.0784$0.127$0.0876
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.1926$0.0826$0.127$0.0878$0.1408$0.0972
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1926$0.1099$0.1274$0.0874$0.1462$0.1012
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1998$0.0765$0.132$0.0908$0.1517$0.1039
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.2016$0.0521$0.1334$0.0915$0.153$0.1059
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.2016$0.0895$0.133$0.0919$0.1529$0.1059
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.2016$0.0917$0.133$0.0919$0.1534$0.1052
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.207$0.0962$0.1369$0.0939$0.1578$0.1077
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.216$0.1053$0.1429$0.098$0.1608$0.1095
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.216$0.0984$0.1429$0.098$0.1642$0.1131
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2232$0.1009$0.1479$0.1011$0.1691$0.116
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.2754$0.065$0.1707$0.1245$0.1871$0.1429
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$0.1728$0.1143$0.0784
Ubuntu Pro$0.1798––
SUSE$0.2291$0.1643$0.1234
RHEL$0.2304$0.1719$0.136
Linux SQL Web$0.2404$0.1819$0.146
RHEL SQL Web$0.298––
RHEL HA$0.3004$0.2419$0.206
Windows$0.3568$0.2983$0.2624
Windows SQL Web$0.4244$0.3659$0.33
Linux SQL Std$0.6528$0.5943$0.5584
RHEL SQL Std$0.7104––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.7804––
Windows SQL Std$0.8368$0.7783$0.7424
Linux SQL Ent$1.673$1.614$1.578
RHEL SQL Ent$1.73––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.80––
Windows SQL Ent$1.857$1.798$1.762

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline1.562 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 bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem6a.xlarge
Familym6a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare m6a.xlarge

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Burstable

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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.