m6i.xlarge vs m4.xlarge

Instance Typem6i.xlargem4.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsm6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.xlargeml.m4.xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.xlargedb.m4.xlarge
OpenSearchm4.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
m4.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20160.2100
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.22200.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.22320.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22400.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.22400.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2354n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20200.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20200.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20400.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20400.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20400.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21400.2460
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.21400.2500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21400.2500
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19200.2000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19200.2000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19200.2000
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