M6I General Purpose
Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.
Name:
mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.66th Generation6 = 6th GenerationAWS 6th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.iIntel Xeon Scalablei = Intel Xeon ScalableIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) (x86_64). Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable x86_64 processors with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512 / AMX) acceleration.Common use cases
- Web servers
- Application servers
- Small-to-medium databases
- Development environments
Head-to-Head Architecture Comparisons
View all comparisons →Silicon Trianglem6i vs m6a vs m6g
AWS M6 Generation: M6i vs M6a vs M6g
General Purpose workhorses across Intel Ice Lake, AMD Milan, and Graviton2
Compare specifications →Generational Evolutionm4 vs m5 vs m6i vs m7i vs m7g
AWS General Purpose Evolution: M4 vs M5 vs M6i vs M7i vs M7g
From Haswell to Sapphire Rapids and Graviton3 in the 4:1 RAM workhorse tier
Compare specifications →Generational Evolutionm5 vs m6i vs m7i
AWS Pure Intel General Purpose Upgrade: M5 vs M6i vs M7i
Modernizing Intel Xeon fleets without recompiling for ARM
Compare specifications →Instance types (9)
| Instance | vCPU | Memory | Architecture | From (Linux, $/hr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6i.large | 2 | 8 GB | x86_64 | $0.0960 |
| m6i.xlarge | 4 | 16 GB | x86_64 | $0.1920 |
| m6i.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GB | x86_64 | $0.3840 |
| m6i.4xlarge | 16 | 64 GB | x86_64 | $0.7680 |
| m6i.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GB | x86_64 | $1.5360 |
| m6i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 GB | x86_64 | $2.3040 |
| m6i.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GB | x86_64 | $3.0720 |
| m6i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 GB | x86_64 | $4.6080 |
| m6i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 GB | x86_64 | $6.1440 |