m6idn.12xlarge
General purpose · m6idn series · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
- vCPU
- 48
- Memory
- 192 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $3.82
- Per month
- $2,788
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0796
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0199
Analysis
The m6idn.12xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6idn series with 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) (up to 3.5 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the m6g.12xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $1.85/hour, 52% less ($1,439 a month), though switching means rebuilding software for arm64. The other variants are the m6a.12xlarge at $2.07, the m6gd.12xlarge at $2.17 and the m6i.12xlarge at $2.30.
Per vCPU it is one of the dearer general purpose types: 81% of the 354 current types in the family cost less than its $0.0796 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for the local NVMe disk. On demand it is $3.82/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $2,788 for a 730-hour month.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $1,573 a month per instance: $3.82/hour against $5.97/hour, a 56% spread.
Looking beyond its own line, 27 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.
It has local instance storage (2 x 1425 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 75000 Megabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $3.82 | $6.03 | $2.41 | $1.48 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $3.82 | $6.03 | $2.41 | $1.48 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $3.82 | $6.03 | $2.41 | $1.48 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $4.18 | $6.39 | $2.63 | $1.61 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $5.97 | $8.18 | $3.53 | $2.30 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $4.27 | $6.48 | $2.69 | $1.84 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $4.34 | $6.55 | $2.74 | $1.67 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $4.55 | $6.76 | $2.87 | $1.97 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $4.07 | $6.28 | $2.57 | $1.59 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $4.69 | $6.90 | $2.95 | $1.85 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $4.83 | $7.04 | $3.04 | $2.09 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $4.91 | $7.12 | $3.10 | $2.12 |
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 m6idn.12xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.12xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.85 | -52% |
| m7g.12xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $1.96 | -49% |
| m5a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.06 | -46% |
| m6a.12xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.07 | -46% |
| m8g.12xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.15 | -44% |
| m6gd.12xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 48 | 192 GiB | $2.17 | -43% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 48 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 192 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| Clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 1425 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 75000 Megabit |
m6idn sizes
| m6idn.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1591 |
| m6idn.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.3182 |
| m6idn.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.6365 |
| m6idn.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $1.27 |
| m6idn.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $2.55 |
| m6idn.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $3.82 |
| m6idn.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $5.09 |
| m6idn.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $7.64 |
| m6idn.32xlarge | 128 vCPU | $10.18 |