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m9gd.16xlarge

Part of the M9GD 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.99th Generation9 = 9th GenerationAWS 9th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton5 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 • 34 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$4.0224/ hr
~$2,936.35/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
64 cores • arm64
Memory
256GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0629/ vCPU-hr
$0.0157/GB-hr
Network
34 Gbps
Baseline: 34 Gbps
Storage & EBS
3,000MB/s
Max: 96,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores64
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score2,370,517
CoreMark / vCPU37,039.3 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding206 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar589,329 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0629
Cost per GB-hr$0.0157

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods1010 pods
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs16
IPv4/v6 per ENI64
Total Addressable IPs1024 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance34 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth34 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth34 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 Throughput3000 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput3000 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS96,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS96,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput24000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2026-06-10

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$4.0224/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$5.1968/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$4.5418/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
10regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 10 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$4.2662
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$5.0195
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$5.0547
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$5.1968
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$4.8416
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$4.4858
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$4.4858
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$4.0224
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$4.0224
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$4.0224