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m9g.16xlarge

Part of the M9G 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.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • 34000 Megabit Network
Price (Linux)
$3.1309/ hr
~$2,285.54/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
64 cores • arm64
Memory
256.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0489/ vCPU-hr
$0.0122/GiB-hr
Network
34Gbps
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 Score2,328,543
CoreMark / vCPU36,383.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding378 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar743,734 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0489
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0122

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 Performance34000 Megabit
Baseline Bandwidth34 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth34 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
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
$3.1309/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$3.7510/ hr
EU (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.2859/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
4regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 4 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
EU (Frankfurt)Highest
eu-central-1$3.7510
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$3.1309
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$3.1309
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$3.1309