c6gd.16xlargevsc6id.16xlarge

c6gd.16xlarge is 24% cheaper than c6id.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $560.64 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancec6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
On-demand$2.458/hr24% less$3.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.5294/hr82% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.018/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 128 GiB64 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlargec6id.16xlarge vs c6gd.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.458$3.226▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.52946% off$3.018▲ 470%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.54837% off$2.033▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.06258% off$1.348▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.80128% off$2.329▲ 29%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.18952% off$1.56▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6gd.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.458 vs $3.226 per hour
24% cheaper
Physical cores64 vs 32
2× higher
Where c6id.16xlarge leads
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6432
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking1 of 8 differc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage5 of 12 differc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput18000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlarge
Familyc6gdc6id
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6gd.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6gd.16xlargec6id.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.458$3.226▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.458$3.226▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.458$3.226▲ 31%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.714$3.562▲ 31%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.79$3.662▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.816$3.696▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.848$3.73▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.88$3.763▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.944$3.864▲ 31%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.944$3.864▲ 31%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.97$3.898▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.136$4.099▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.232$4.234▲ 31%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.808$5.006▲ 31%

Keep exploring

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

c6gd.16xlargeCompute optimized, c6gd family
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Compare c6id.16xlarge with

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