m6idn.2xlarge
General purpose · m6idn series · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
- vCPU
- 8
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.6365
- Per month
- $465
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0796
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0199
Analysis
The m6idn.2xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6idn series with 8 vCPUs and 32 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.2xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $0.3080/hour, 52% less ($240 a month), though switching means rebuilding software for arm64. The other variants are the m6a.2xlarge at $0.3456, the m6gd.2xlarge at $0.3616 and the m6i.2xlarge at $0.3840.
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 $0.6365/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $465 for a 730-hour month.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $262 a month per instance: $0.6365/hour against $0.9956/hour, a 56% spread.
Looking beyond its own line, 33 of 42 current types with 8 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.2xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.2688/hour. It is burstable, so it only suits workloads that do not run the CPU flat out.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.6365 | $1.00 | $0.4010 | $0.2475 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.6365 | $1.00 | $0.4010 | $0.2475 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.6365 | $1.00 | $0.4010 | $0.2475 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.6967 | $1.06 | $0.4389 | $0.2686 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.9956 | $1.36 | $0.5876 | $0.3838 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.7114 | $1.08 | $0.4482 | $0.3073 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.7239 | $1.09 | $0.4561 | $0.2790 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.7582 | $1.13 | $0.4776 | $0.3275 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.6786 | $1.05 | $0.4275 | $0.2653 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.7816 | $1.15 | $0.4924 | $0.3081 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.8050 | $1.17 | $0.5071 | $0.3477 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.8190 | $1.19 | $0.5160 | $0.3538 |
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.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.2688 | -58% |
| t3a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3008 | -53% |
| m6g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3080 | -52% |
| m7g.2xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3264 | -49% |
| t3.2xlarge Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3328 | -48% |
| m5a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3440 | -46% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 8 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 32 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| Clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 474 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 40000 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 |