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m9g.16xlarge

Part of the M9G General Purpose family — 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.99th Generation9 = 9th GenerationAWS 9th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton5 Processor (arm64). Powered by custom 64-bit ARM AWS Graviton processors, delivering industry-leading price-performance and power efficiency.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256 GB RAM • EBS only • 34 Gbps Network
On-demand, Linux
$3.1309/ hr
~$2,285.54/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1
Savings Plan, Linux
$1.58783/ hr
From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −49% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)
Per unit
$0.0489/ vCPU-hr
$0.0122/GB-hr
Compute
64vCPUs
64 cores • arm64
Memory
256GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Network
34 Gbps
Baseline: 34 Gbps
Storage & EBS
3,000MB/s
Max: 96,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to m9g.16xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

MachineSizeOn-demand Linuxvs m9g.16xlarge
m9g.16xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-164 vCPU · 256 GiB$3.13088/hr—
n4a-standard-64same 64 vCPU and 256 GiB; Arm on both64 vCPU · 256 GiB$2.4640/hr21% less
c4a-standard-64same 64 vCPU and 256 GiB; Arm on both64 vCPU · 256 GiB$2.8736/hr8.2% less
c4a-standard-64-lssdsame 64 vCPU and 256 GiB; Arm on both; local disk on c4a-standard-64-lssd only64 vCPU · 256 GiB$3.736614/hr19% more

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores64
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score2,328,543
CoreMark / vCPU36,383.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding378 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar743,734 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0489
Cost per GB-hr$0.0122

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods1010 pods
Max ENIs16
IPv4/v6 per ENI64
Total Addressable IPs1024 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance34 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth34 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth34 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput3000 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput3000 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS96,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS96,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput24000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$3.1309/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.0442/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.5318/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
10regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 10 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$3.3267
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$3.9136
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$3.9136
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$4.0442
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$3.7510
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$3.4893
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$3.4874
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$3.1309
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$3.1309
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$3.1309