m6gd.medium as an EKS node
1 vCPU4 GiBarm64AWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS us-east-1M6GD Medium
Where the m6gd.medium goes
Default EKS setup: EKS, VPC CNI default (ENI limit).
CPU0.74 of 1 vCPU left for your pods
Memory3.27 GiB of 4 GiB left for your pods
your podsDaemonSets (200m, 300 MiB assumed)kubelet reservedeviction
8max pods per node
$33.00on demand / month · $0.0452/h
$10.07spot / month (varies)
m6gd.medium EKS max pods and allocatable memory — quick answers
- How many pods can a m6gd.medium run as a node with EKS, VPC CNI default (ENI limit)? Up to 8; kubelet keeps 443 MiB of memory and 60m CPU, leaving 3.57 GiB and 0.94 vCPU for pods.
- How many pods can a m6gd.medium run as a node with EKS, prefix delegation? Up to 110; kubelet keeps 1565 MiB of memory and 60m CPU, leaving 2.47 GiB and 0.94 vCPU for pods.
- How many 500m / 1 GiB pods fit? 1 per node after DaemonSets; 10 nodes for 10 replicas, about $329.96/month on demand.
What kubelet reserves on m6gd.medium
| Setup | Max pods | kube-reserved CPU | Memory reserved + eviction | Allocatable CPU | Allocatable memory | Memory usable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKS, VPC CNI default (ENI limit) secondary IPs per ENI | 8 | 60m | 343 Mi + 100 Mi | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 89.2% |
| EKS, prefix delegation ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true | 110 | 60m | 1465 Mi + 100 Mi | 0.94 | 2.47 GiB | 61.8% |
How these numbers are computed: reservation formulas. How many subnet IPs a m6gd.medium takes with the VPC CNI: EKS max pods and IP calculator. Check a live node with kubectl describe node → Allocatable.
How many pods fit on one m6gd.medium
Assumes DaemonSets (CNI, kube-proxy, log and metrics agents) request 200m CPU, 300 Mi and 3 pods per node. Try your own numbers in the node calculator.
| Pod requests (CPU / memory) | EKS, VPC CNI default (ENI limit) | EKS, prefix delegation | $ per pod / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m / 128 Mi | 5 | 7 | $6.60 |
| 250m / 256 Mi | 2 | 2 | $16.50 |
| 250m / 512 Mi | 2 | 2 | $16.50 |
| 500m / 512 Mi | 1 | 1 | $33.00 |
| 500m / 1024 Mi | 1 | 1 | $33.00 |
| 1000m / 1024 Mi | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1000m / 2048 Mi | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000m / 4096 Mi | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4000m / 8192 Mi | 0 | 0 | — |
Similar EKS node types
| Type | vCPU | GiB | Alloc CPU | Alloc memory | Max pods | $/month | $ per alloc GiB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $28.11 | $7.88 |
| m7g.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $29.78 | $8.35 |
| m8g.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $32.76 | $9.18 |
| m9g.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.22 GiB | 40 | $35.71 | $11.08 |
| m7gd.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $38.98 | $10.93 |
| m8gd.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $42.09 | $11.80 |
| m7a.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $42.31 | $11.86 |
| m8a.medium | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 3.57 GiB | 8 | $44.43 | $12.45 |
Closest match on other clouds
| Type | vCPU | GiB | Alloc CPU | Alloc memory | Max pods | $/month | $ per alloc GiB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 110 | $28.11 | $9.68 |
| t2a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 110 | $28.11 | $9.68 |
| t2d-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 110 | $30.84 | $10.63 |
| c4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 110 | $32.78 | $11.29 |
| f1asv7 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 250 | $49.86 | $17.18 |
| f1adsv7 | 1 | 4 | 0.94 | 2.90 GiB | 250 | $62.63 | $21.58 |