m6g.xlarge vs m8gb.xlarge

Instance Typem6g.xlargem8gb.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargem8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlarge
Generationsm6g.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m9g.xlarge
Variantsm6a.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlargem8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput1125 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1188 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 26.667 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.69x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6g.xlarge
m8gb.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1012n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1012n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.3252
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.1540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1782n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1806n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.1540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1892n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.1617n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.1632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1720n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15400.2910
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2910
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