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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 • 8.0 GiB RAM • 118 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0604/ hr
~$44.09/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • arm64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0302/ vCPU-hr
$0.0076/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
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 GiB-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 Gigabit
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
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
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$0.1200
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$0.1240
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)Lowest
ap-south-2$0.0604
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$0.1130
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.0960
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.1140
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)Lowest
ap-south-1$0.0604
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$0.1197
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$0.1168
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.1112
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.1130
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1140
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
ap-east-2$0.1053
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
ap-southeast-7$0.0960
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1170
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.1144
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.1144
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.1008
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.1008
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.1090
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.1008
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.1048
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.1056
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.1056
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$0.0960
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.1008
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.1199
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.1058
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.0949
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$0.1109
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$0.1108
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.1440
US East (N. Virginia)
us-east-1$0.0904
US East (Ohio)
us-east-2$0.0904
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.1060
US West (Oregon)
us-west-2$0.0904