m6idn.xlarge
General purpose · m6idn series · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
- vCPU
- 4
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.3182
- Per month
- $232
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0796
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0199
Analysis
The m6idn.xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m6idn series with 4 vCPUs and 16 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.xlarge on AWS Graviton2 costs $0.1540/hour, 52% less ($120 a month), though switching means rebuilding software for arm64. The other variants are the m6a.xlarge at $0.1728, the m6gd.xlarge at $0.1808 and the m6i.xlarge at $0.1920.
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 $0.3182/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $232 for a 730-hour month.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $131 a month per instance: $0.3182/hour against $0.4978/hour, a 56% spread.
Looking beyond its own line, 32 of 42 current types with 4 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.1344/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 | $0.3182 | $0.5022 | $0.2005 | $0.1237 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.3182 | $0.5022 | $0.2005 | $0.1237 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.3182 | $0.5022 | $0.2005 | $0.1237 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.3484 | $0.5324 | $0.2195 | $0.1343 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.4978 | $0.6818 | $0.2938 | $0.1919 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.3557 | $0.5397 | $0.2241 | $0.1537 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.3620 | $0.5460 | $0.2280 | $0.1395 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.3791 | $0.5631 | $0.2388 | $0.1638 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.3393 | $0.5233 | $0.2138 | $0.1326 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.3908 | $0.5748 | $0.2462 | $0.1540 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.4025 | $0.5865 | $0.2536 | $0.1739 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.4095 | $0.5935 | $0.2580 | $0.1769 |
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.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1344 | -58% |
| t3a.xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1504 | -53% |
| m6g.xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1540 | -52% |
| m7g.xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1632 | -49% |
| t3.xlarge Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1664 | -48% |
| m5a.xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1720 | -46% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 4 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 16 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| Clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 237 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 30000 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 |