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m6id.xlarge

Part of the M6ID 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.iIntel Xeon Scalablei = Intel Xeon ScalableIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) (x86_64). Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable x86_64 processors with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512 / AMX) acceleration.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.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)4 vCPUs • 16.0 GiB RAM • 237 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 12500 Megabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.2373/ hr
~$173.23/mo
Compute
4vCPUs
2 cores • x86_64
Memory
16.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0593/ vCPU-hr
$0.0148/GiB-hr
Network
12.5Gbps
Baseline: 1.562 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,250MB/s
Max: 40,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed3.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score65,798
CoreMark / vCPU16,449.4 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding28 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar277,278 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0593
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0148

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks20 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 12500 Megabit
Baseline Bandwidth1.562 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth12.5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (237 GB)
Local NVMe Disk237 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS6,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2022-05-26

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.2373/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.3780/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.2787/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
26regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 26 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.2517
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$0.2562
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$0.3131
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.2919
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.2961
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.2982
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
ap-east-2$0.2759
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
ap-southeast-7$0.2517
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.3066
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.3004
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.2646
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.2646
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.2856
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.2646
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.2751
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.2772
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.2646
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.3142
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.2778
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.2492
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.3780
US East (Atlanta)
us-east-1-atl-1$0.2966
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.2373
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$0.2373
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.2793
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.2373