c6gd.medium
c6gd.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0384 per hour on demand ($28.03 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0242 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0073 per hour. It is sold in 23 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0245 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0245 | $0.0084 | $0.0154 | $0.0106 | $0.0189 | $0.0126 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0384 | $0.0073 | $0.0242 | $0.0166 | $0.0281 | $0.0186 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0384 | $0.0055 | $0.0242 | $0.0166 | $0.0279 | $0.0182 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0384 | $0.0068 | $0.0242 | $0.0166 | $0.0278 | $0.0183 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0416 | $0.0044 | $0.0262 | $0.018 | $0.033 | $0.0232 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0424 | $0.0129 | $0.0267 | $0.0177 | $0.0327 | $0.0204 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0436 | $0.0066 | $0.0275 | $0.0188 | $0.0345 | $0.0242 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0436 | $0.0195 | $0.0275 | $0.0188 | $0.0345 | $0.0242 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.044 | $0.0108 | $0.0277 | $0.019 | $0.0341 | $0.0245 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0445 | $0.0125 | $0.0278 | $0.0194 | $0.0352 | $0.0254 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.045 | $0.0145 | $0.0284 | $0.0194 | $0.0346 | $0.0232 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.045 | $0.0045 | $0.0284 | $0.0194 | $0.0346 | $0.0232 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.046 | $0.0109 | $0.029 | $0.0199 | $0.0365 | $0.0256 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.046 | $0.0122 | $0.029 | $0.0199 | $0.0363 | $0.0256 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0464 | – | $0.0292 | $0.0189 | $0.0339 | $0.0217 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0464 | – | $0.0292 | $0.0189 | $0.0339 | $0.0217 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.048 | $0.0083 | $0.0305 | $0.0205 | $0.0378 | $0.0259 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.049 | $0.0133 | $0.031 | $0.0211 | $0.0399 | $0.0292 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.049 | $0.0216 | $0.031 | $0.0211 | $0.0399 | $0.0292 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.049 | $0.0103 | $0.0306 | $0.0214 | $0.0387 | $0.0279 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0505 | $0.0097 | $0.0315 | $0.0216 | $0.0373 | $0.0259 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.052 | $0.011 | $0.0328 | $0.0225 | $0.0413 | $0.029 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0595 | $0.0083 | $0.0378 | $0.0259 | $0.0488 | $0.0319 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0384 | $0.0242 | $0.0166 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0402 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0528 | $0.0386 | $0.031 |
| SUSE | $0.0694 | $0.0372 | $0.0276 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0703 | $0.0561 | $0.0485 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 2 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.5 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1 x 59 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 59 GB SSD |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 4500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 4,750 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 593.75 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 20,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 26 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c6gd.medium |
| Family | c6gd |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c6gd.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0384 |
| c6gd.large | 2 | 4 | $0.0768 |
| c6gd.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.1536 |
| c6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3072 |
| c6gd.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6144 |
| c6gd.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.229 |
| c6gd.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $1.843 |
| c6gd.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.458 |
| c6gd.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.458 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.