m6gd.16xlarge
General purpose · m6gd series · AWS Graviton2 Processor
- vCPU
- 64
- Memory
- 256 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $2.89
- Per month
- $2,112
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0452
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0113
Analysis
The m6gd.16xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6gd series with 64 vCPUs and 256 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 $1,953 a month per instance: $1.93/hour against $4.61/hour, a 138% spread.
Within the same generation and size, the m6g.16xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $2.46/hour, 15% less ($313 a month). The other variants are the m6a.16xlarge at $2.76, the m6i.16xlarge at $3.07 and the m6id.16xlarge at $3.80.
The newer m7gd.16xlarge on AWS Graviton3 is 18% dearer at $3.42/hour.
At $2.89/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $2,112 a month, the m6gd.16xlarge 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 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 25 Gigabit.
Looking beyond its own line, 5 of 35 current types with 64 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m7g.16xlarge on AWS Graviton3 at $2.61/hour.
It is the largest of the 8 m6gd sizes. Dropping to the m6gd.12xlarge saves $528 a month.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $2.89 | – | $1.82 | $1.25 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $2.89 | – | $1.82 | $1.25 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $2.89 | – | $1.82 | $1.25 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $3.23 | – | $2.03 | $1.39 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $4.61 | – | $2.79 | $1.99 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $3.23 | – | $2.03 | $1.39 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $3.35 | – | $2.11 | $1.45 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $3.49 | – | $2.18 | $1.52 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $1.93 | – | $1.22 | $0.8350 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $3.62 | – | $2.28 | $1.56 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $3.65 | – | $2.28 | $1.56 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $3.74 | – | $2.35 | $1.62 |
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.16xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.16xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.46 | -15% |
| m7g.16xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.61 | -10% |
| m5a.16xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.75 | -5% |
| m6a.16xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.76 | -4% |
| m8g.16xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.87 | -1% |
| m7i-flex.16xlarge Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 64 | 256 GiB | $3.06 | +6% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 64 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 256 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| Clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 25 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 |