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m6gd.large

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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8 GB RAM • 118 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0604/ hr
~$44.09/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • arm64
Memory
8GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0302/ vCPU-hr
$0.0076/GB-hr
Network
Up to 10 Gbps
Baseline: 0.75 Gbps
Storage & EBS
593.75MB/s
Max: 20,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score40,250
CoreMark / vCPU20,124.8 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding13 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar666,391 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0302
Cost per GB-hr$0.0076

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks10 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.75 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (118 GB)
Local NVMe Disk118 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput78.75 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
EBS Max / Burst IOPS20,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 4500 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2020-07-27

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0604/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1440/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1055/ 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)
$0.1200
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
$0.1240
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Lowest
$0.0604
ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
$0.1130
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$0.0960
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$0.1140
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$0.0604
ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
$0.1197
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$0.1168
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.1112
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.1130
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.1140
ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
$0.1053
ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
$0.0960
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.1170
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.1144
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.1144
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.1008
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$0.1008
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.1090
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.1008
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.1048
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.1056
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.1056
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.0960
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.1008
eu-central-2
Europe (Zurich)
$0.1199
il-central-1
Israel (Tel Aviv)
$0.1058
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$0.0949
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$0.1109
me-central-1
Middle East (UAE)
$0.1108
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.1440
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.0904
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.0904
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.1060
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.0904