cache.m6g.12xlargevscache.m7g.12xlarge

cache.m6g.12xlarge is 6% cheaper than cache.m7g.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $155.49 a month.

At a glancecache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
On-demand$3.557/hr6% less$3.77/hr
Lowest rate$1.844/hr6% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$1.96/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size48 vCPUs, 157.12 GiB48 vCPUs, 157.12 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Redis, USD per hour.

Optioncache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge vs cache.m6g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.557$3.77▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$2.42832% off$2.564▲ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$1.84448% off$1.96▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.m6g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.557 vs $3.77 per hour
6% cheaper
Where cache.m7g.12xlarge leads
Network baseline22.5 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
13% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

6 of 16 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differcache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchcache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)157.12157.12
Networking3 of 3 differcache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit22.5 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Instance details1 of 4 differcache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
Familym6gm7g
CategoryStandardStandard
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Other1 of 1 differcache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlarge
Hardware Basism6g.12xlargem7g.12xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.m6g.12xlarge first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.m6g.12xlargecache.m7g.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.557$3.77▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.557$3.77▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.557$3.771▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.557$3.77▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$3.717$3.941▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.717$3.94▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$3.735$3.958▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.744$3.969▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.76$3.986▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$3.76$3.987▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.899$4.133▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.922$4.157▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.922$4.158▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.104$4.351▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.11$4.357▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.118$4.365▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$4.125$4.372▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.241$4.495▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.355$4.617▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$4.424$4.689▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$4.424$4.689▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.424$4.69▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.424$4.689▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.483$4.752▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.483$4.752▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$4.583$4.88▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.583$4.858▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.642$4.972▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$4.645$4.923▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.665$4.945▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$4.875$5.168▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.079$5.384▲ 6%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

cache.m6g.12xlargeStandard, m6g family
cache.m6g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6g family

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cache.r6g.12xlarge
cache.m7g.12xlargeStandard, m7g family
cache.m7g.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7g family

Compare cache.m7g.12xlarge with

cache.r7g.12xlargecache.m8g.12xlarge

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