m6gd.12xlarge
General purpose · m6gd series · AWS Graviton2 Processor
- vCPU
- 48
- Memory
- 192 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $2.17
- Per month
- $1,584
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0452
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0113
Analysis
The m6gd.12xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6gd series with 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory on AWS Graviton2 (up to 2.5 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Running it in Mumbai instead of São Paulo saves $1,465 a month per instance: $1.45/hour against $3.46/hour, a 138% spread.
Within the same generation and size, the m6g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $1.85/hour, 15% less ($235 a month). The other variants are the m6a.12xlarge at $2.07, the m6i.12xlarge at $2.30 and the m6id.12xlarge at $2.85.
The newer m7gd.12xlarge on AWS Graviton3 is 18% dearer at $2.56/hour.
At $2.17/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $1,584 a month, the m6gd.12xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 22% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0452.
It has local instance storage (2 x 1425 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 20 Gigabit.
Looking beyond its own line, 5 of 36 current types with 48 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m7g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton3 at $1.96/hour.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $1.37/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 63% of the time; three years brings it to $0.9373/hour, 57% below on demand.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $2.17 | – | $1.37 | $0.9373 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $2.17 | – | $1.37 | $0.9373 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $2.17 | – | $1.37 | $0.9373 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $2.42 | – | $1.52 | $1.05 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $3.46 | – | $2.09 | $1.49 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $2.42 | – | $1.52 | $1.05 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $2.52 | – | $1.58 | $1.09 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $2.62 | – | $1.64 | $1.14 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $1.45 | – | $0.9132 | $0.6262 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $2.71 | – | $1.71 | $1.17 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $2.74 | – | $1.71 | $1.17 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $2.81 | – | $1.76 | $1.22 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs m6gd.12xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.12xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.85 | -15% |
| m7g.12xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.96 | -10% |
| m5a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.06 | -5% |
| m6a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.07 | -4% |
| m8g.12xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.15 | -1% |
| m7i-flex.12xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.30 | +6% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 48 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 192 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| Clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 1425 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 20 Gigabit |
m6gd sizes
| m6gd.medium | 1 vCPU | $0.0452 |
| m6gd.large | 2 vCPU | $0.0904 |
| m6gd.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.1808 |
| m6gd.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.3616 |
| m6gd.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $0.7232 |
| m6gd.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $1.45 |
| m6gd.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $2.17 |
| m6gd.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $2.89 |