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m9gd.4xlarge

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.4xlarge4 Extra Large4xlarge = 4 Extra Large16 vCPUs • 64 GB RAM • 950 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 17 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.0056/ hr
~$734.09/mo
Compute
16vCPUs
16 cores • arm64
Memory
64GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0629/ vCPU-hr
$0.0157/GB-hr
Network
Up to 17 Gbps
Baseline: 8.5 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,500MB/s
Max: 48,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs
Physical Cores16
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score575,298
CoreMark / vCPU35,956.1 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding202 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar572,094 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0629
Cost per GB-hr$0.0157

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods394 pods
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs400 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 17 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth8.5 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth17 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (950 GB)
Local NVMe Disk950 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput750 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS24,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS48,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 12000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor32
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2026-06-10

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.0056/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$1.2992/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$1.1354/ 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)
$1.0666
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$1.2549
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$1.2637
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$1.2992
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$1.2104
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$1.1214
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$1.1214
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$1.0056
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$1.0056
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$1.0056