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m4.16xlarge

Part of the M4 General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256 GB RAM • EBS only • 20 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$3.2000/ hr
~$2,336.00/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
32 cores • x86_64
Memory
256GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0500/ vCPU-hr
$0.0125/GB-hr
Network
20 Gbps
Baseline: 25 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,250MB/s
Max: 65,000 IOPS

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Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores32
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,116,344
CoreMark / vCPU17,442.9 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding210 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar348,858 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0500
Cost per GB-hr$0.0125

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks7 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance20 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth25 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth25 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS65,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS65,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2016-09-27

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$3.2000/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$5.0880/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.7920/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 16 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$3.3600
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$4.1280
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$3.9360
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$4.0000
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$4.0000
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$4.1280
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$4.0320
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$3.5520
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$3.8400
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$3.5520
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$3.7120
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$5.0880
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$3.2000
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$3.2000
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$3.7440
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$3.2000