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m6gd.16xlarge

Part of the M6GD 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.66th Generation6 = 6th GenerationAWS 6th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton2 Processor (arm64). Powered by custom 64-bit ARM AWS Graviton processors, delivering industry-leading price-performance and power efficiency.dDirect-Attached NVMe SSDd = Direct-Attached NVMe SSDEquipped with physical high-speed NVMe SSD instance store volumes attached locally to the host server for temporary scratch and caching.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256 GB RAM • 3800 GB NVMe SSD • 25 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.9328/ hr
~$1,410.94/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
64 cores • arm64
Memory
256GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0302/ vCPU-hr
$0.0076/GB-hr
Network
25 Gbps
Baseline: 25 Gbps
Storage & EBS
2,375MB/s
Max: 80,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores64
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,289,110
CoreMark / vCPU20,142.3 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding175 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar666,965 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0302
Cost per GB-hr$0.0076

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods737 pods
Max ECS Tasks120 tasks
Max ENIs15
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs750 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance25 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth25 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth25 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (3800 GB)
Local NVMe Disk3,800 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput2375 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput2375 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS80,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS80,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput18000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2020-07-27

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.9328/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.6080/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.3755/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
36regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 36 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$3.8400
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
$3.9680
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Lowest
$1.9328
ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
$3.6160
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$3.0733
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$3.6480
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$1.9328
ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
$3.8304
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$3.7376
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$3.5584
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$3.6160
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$3.6480
ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
$3.3696
ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
$3.0733
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$3.7440
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$3.6608
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$3.6608
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$3.2256
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$3.2256
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$3.4880
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$3.2256
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$3.3536
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$3.3792
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$3.3792
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$3.0720
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$3.2256
eu-central-2
Europe (Zurich)
$3.8368
il-central-1
Israel (Tel Aviv)
$3.3869
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$3.0374
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$3.5482
me-central-1
Middle East (UAE)
$3.5456
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$4.6080
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$2.8928
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$2.8928
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$3.3920
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$2.8928