cache.m6g.8xlargevscache.m7g.8xlarge

cache.m6g.8xlarge is 6% cheaper than cache.m7g.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $103.66 a month.

At a glancecache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
On-demand$2.372/hr6% less$2.514/hr
Lowest rate$1.23/hr6% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$1.307/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size32 vCPUs, 103.68 GiB32 vCPUs, 103.68 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.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge vs cache.m6g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.372$2.514▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$1.61932% off$1.71▲ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$1.2348% off$1.307▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.m6g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.372 vs $2.514 per hour
6% cheaper
Where cache.m7g.8xlarge leads
Network baseline15 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

7 of 16 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differcache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchcache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)103.68103.68
Networking3 of 3 differcache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
Network12 Gigabit15 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps15 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps15 Gbps
Instance details2 of 4 differcache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
Familym6gm7g
CategoryStandardStandard
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor51.264
Other1 of 1 differcache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlarge
Hardware Basism6g.8xlargem7g.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.m6g.8xlarge first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.m6g.8xlargecache.m7g.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.372$2.514▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.372$2.514▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.372$2.515▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.372$2.514▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.478$2.627▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.478$2.627▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.491$2.64▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.496$2.646▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.507$2.657▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.507$2.657▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.599$2.755▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.615$2.772▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.615$2.772▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.738$2.903▲ 6%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.74$2.905▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.746$2.91▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$2.75$2.915▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.828$2.998▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.903$3.078▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.949$3.126▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.949$3.126▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.949$3.126▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.949$3.126▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.989$3.168▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.989$3.168▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.056$3.245▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.056$3.239▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.095$3.306▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.096$3.282▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.111$3.297▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.25$3.445▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.386$3.59▲ 6%

Keep exploring

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

cache.m6g.8xlargeStandard, m6g family
cache.m6g.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6g family

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cache.r6g.8xlarge
cache.m7g.8xlargeStandard, m7g family
cache.m7g.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m7g family

Compare cache.m7g.8xlarge with

cache.r7g.8xlargecache.m8g.8xlarge

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