c6g.metalvsr6g.metal

c6g.metal is 33% cheaper than r6g.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $766.21 a month.

At a glancec6g.metalr6g.metal
On-demand$2.176/hr33% less$3.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.6405/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.6405/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 128 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc6g.metalr6g.metalr6g.metal vs c6g.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$2.176$3.226▲ 48%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.640580% off$0.6405Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.37137% off$2.032▲ 48%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.9457% off$1.393▲ 48%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.58627% off$2.339▲ 47%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.05148% off$1.686▲ 61%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6g.metal leads
On-demand price$2.176 vs $3.226 per hour
33% cheaper
Where r6g.metal leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 128
4× higher

Specs

4 of 38 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchc6g.metalr6g.metal
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc6g.metalr6g.metal
Memory (GiB)128512
NetworkingAll 8 matchc6g.metalr6g.metal
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage1 of 11 differc6g.metalr6g.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput19000 Mbps18000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc6g.metalr6g.metal
Familyc6gr6g
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6g.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6g.metalr6g.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.363$2.08▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.363$2.08▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.132$3.308▲ 55%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.132$3.308▲ 55%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.176$3.226▲ 48%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.176$3.226▲ 48%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.176$3.226▲ 48%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.285$3.387▲ 48%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.335$3.61▲ 55%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.335$3.61▲ 55%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.336$3.424▲ 47%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.381$3.533▲ 48%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$2.381$3.533▲ 48%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.451$3.79▲ 55%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.464$3.904▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$2.465$3.502▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.483$3.891▲ 57%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.509$3.891▲ 55%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.509$3.891▲ 55%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$2.568$3.971▲ 55%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.586$3.789▲ 47%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.586$3.789▲ 47%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.592$3.776▲ 46%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.611$3.866▲ 48%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.611$3.866▲ 48%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.714$3.584▲ 32%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.72$3.971▲ 46%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$2.732$4.28▲ 57%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.739$3.891▲ 42%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.752$4.288▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.752$3.891▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.842$3.866▲ 36%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.842$3.866▲ 36%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.918$4.301▲ 47%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$2.984$4.059▲ 36%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.354$5.146▲ 53%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c6g.metalCompute optimized, c6g family
c6g.metal prices and specsEvery size in the c6g family

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r6g.metalMemory optimized, r6g family
r6g.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r6g family

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.