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AWS Amazon EC2

m9g.xlarge

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.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)4 vCPUs • 16 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 15 Gbps Network
On-demand, Linux
$0.1957/ hr
~$142.85/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1
Savings Plan, Linux
$0.09924/ 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
4vCPUs
4 cores • arm64
Memory
16GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Network
Up to 15 Gbps
Baseline: 2.1 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,500MB/s
Max: 48,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

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

MachineSizeOn-demand Linuxvs m9g.xlarge
m9g.xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-14 vCPU · 16 GiB$0.19568/hr—
n4a-standard-4same 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Arm on both4 vCPU · 16 GiB$0.1540/hr21% less
c4a-standard-4same 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Arm on both4 vCPU · 16 GiB$0.1796/hr8.2% less
c4a-standard-4-lssdsame 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Arm on both; local disk on c4a-standard-4-lssd only4 vCPU · 16 GiB$0.241244/hr23% 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 / Threads4 vCPUs
Physical Cores4
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score145,914
CoreMark / vCPU36,478.6 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding58 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar745,677 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0489
Cost per GB-hr$0.0122

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods118 pods
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs120 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 15 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth2.1 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth15 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput187.5 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS6,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS48,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 12000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.1957/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.2528/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.2207/ 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)
$0.2079
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.2446
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.2446
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Highest
$0.2528
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.2344
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.2181
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.2180
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.1957
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.1957
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.1957