m6i.large vs m4.large

Instance Typem6i.largem4.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlargem4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlarge
Generationsm6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm6a.large, m6g.large, m6gd.large, m6id.large, m6idn.large, m6in.large
SageMakerml.m6i.large
RDSdb.m6i.largedb.m4.large
OpenSearchm4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units6.5
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps450 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces32
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6i.large
m4.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10080.1050
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11100.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11160.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11200.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11200.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1124n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1150n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1177n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10100.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1265n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10100.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10200.1160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10200.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10200.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10700.1230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10700.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10700.1250
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.09600.1000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09600.1000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09600.1000
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