Instances›AWS EC2›m6in›m6in.xlarge
Compute
vCPUs4
Memory16 GiB
Mem / vCPU4.00 GiB
ProcessorXeon 8375C
Clock speed3.5 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
TypeEBS only
Bandwidth25,000 Mbps
Throughput3125 MB/s
IOPS100,000
Networking
PerformanceUp to 30 Gigabit
Max ENIs4
IPv6Yes
GPUNone
Family sizes
m6in.large2 vCPU · 8 GiB
m6in.xlarge4 vCPU · 16 GiB
m6in.2xlarge8 vCPU · 32 GiB
m6in.4xlarge16 vCPU · 64 GiB
m6in.8xlarge32 vCPU · 128 GiB
m6in.12xlarge48 vCPU · 192 GiB
m6in.16xlarge64 vCPU · 256 GiB
m6in.24xlarge96 vCPU · 384 GiB
m6in.32xlarge128 vCPU · 512 GiB
m6in.metal128 vCPU · 512 GiB
m6in.xlarge

The m6in.xlarge is a general-purpose AWS EC2 instance: 4 vCPU and 16 GiB of memory, 4.00 GiB per vCPU. In the name, "m" is the general-purpose line, "6" is the generation, "in" marks Intel processors and enhanced networking and "xlarge" is the size within the m6in family. It runs on Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) at 3.5 GHz, and AWS introduced it in November 2022. AWS has since shipped m7i, m8in and m9g; m7i.xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 89,171 CoreMark/s against this instance's 68,770 — roughly 30% more throughput for the same vCPU count. Rackspace Spot's gp.vs2.large is a like-for-like substitute at 4 vCPU and 16 GiB, $0.279/hr on AWS in US East (N. Virginia), from $0.011/hr on Rackspace Spot.

Pricing by region
1 hr
RegionAWS on-demandAWS Spot1-yr Reserved3-yr ReservedRackspace SpotYou save
US East, N. Virginia$0.279$0.097$0.175$0.107$0.011
$0.268 savings
US Central, Chicagono AWS region$0.011
US Central, Dallasno AWS region$0.021
Hong Kong$0.011
Sydney, Australia$0.351$0.118$0.221$0.150$0.011
$0.340 savings
London, UK$0.322$0.089$0.203$0.124$0.026
$0.296 savings
US West, San Jose$0.325$0.077$0.205$0.125$0.041
$0.284 savings
US Central, Dallas 2no AWS region$0.041
US East, N. Virginia 2$0.279$0.097$0.175$0.107$0.041
$0.238 savings
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Development, staging and CI environments
  • ●Small to mid-size relational databases
  • ●Backend services with no single dominant resource
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 16 GiB of RAM
  • ●Small, steady services that do not need more than 4 vCPU
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at Up to 30 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●Starting a new deployment. m7i.xlarge is the newer generation at this size.
  • ●The working set needs more than 16 GiB of RAM
  • ●Local NVMe or instance-store disk is a hard requirement
  • ●GPU or FPGA acceleration is needed
  • ●Sustained full-core CPU load. A compute-optimized family costs less per unit of work.
  • ●More than 4.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
Stop overpaying AWS. This compute costs $203/mo on AWS vs $8/mo on Rackspace Spot.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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