m6idn.16xlarge
General purpose · m6idn series · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
- vCPU
- 64
- Memory
- 256 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $5.09
- Per month
- $3,717
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0796
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0199
Analysis
The m6idn.16xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6idn series with 64 vCPUs and 256 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.16xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $2.46/hour, 52% less ($1,918 a month), though switching means rebuilding software for arm64. The other variants are the m6a.16xlarge at $2.76, the m6gd.16xlarge at $2.89 and the m6i.16xlarge at $3.07.
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 $5.09/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $3,717 for a 730-hour month.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $2,097 a month per instance: $5.09/hour against $7.96/hour, a 56% spread.
Looking beyond its own line, 29 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 has local instance storage (2 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 100000 Megabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $5.09 | $8.04 | $3.21 | $1.98 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $5.09 | $8.04 | $3.21 | $1.98 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $5.09 | $8.04 | $3.21 | $1.98 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $5.57 | $8.52 | $3.51 | $2.15 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $7.96 | $10.91 | $4.70 | $3.07 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $5.69 | $8.63 | $3.59 | $2.46 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $5.79 | $8.74 | $3.65 | $2.23 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $6.07 | $9.01 | $3.82 | $2.62 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $5.43 | $8.37 | $3.42 | $2.12 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $6.25 | $9.20 | $3.94 | $2.46 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $6.44 | $9.38 | $4.06 | $2.78 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $6.55 | $9.50 | $4.13 | $2.83 |
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.16xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.16xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.46 | -52% |
| m7g.16xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.61 | -49% |
| m5a.16xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.75 | -46% |
| m6a.16xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.76 | -46% |
| m8g.16xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.87 | -44% |
| m6gd.16xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 64 | 256 GiB | $2.89 | -43% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 64 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 256 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| Clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 100000 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 |