g5.16xlargevsg6.16xlarge

g6.16xlarge is 17% cheaper than g5.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $510.42 a month.

At a glanceg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
On-demand$4.096/hr$3.397/hr17% less
Lowest rate$1.139/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.208/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiong5.16xlargeg6.16xlargeg6.16xlarge vs g5.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.096$3.397▼ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$1.13964% off$1.208▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5835% off$2.211▼ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.7754% off$1.559▼ 12%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$3.22619% off$2.764▼ 14%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment46% off$2.21243% off$1.949▼ 12%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g5.16xlarge leads
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher
Where g6.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.397 vs $4.096 per hour
17% cheaper
Max EBS volumes48 vs 25
92% higher
Max network interfaces15 vs 8
88% higher
Sustained clock3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
3% higher

Specs

18 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Accelerators1 of 3 differg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
GPUs11
GPU1 × NVIDIA A10G1 × NVIDIA L4
GPU memory24 GB24 GB
Networking2 of 8 differg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces815
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage10 of 12 differg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
Storage1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD2 x 940 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 1,900 GB SSD2 × 940 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput16000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth16,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth16,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,000 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,000 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS65,00080,000
EBS max IOPS65,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2548
Instance details2 of 10 differg5.16xlargeg6.16xlarge
Familyg5g6
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor4.0715705774.220675944
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for g5.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong5.16xlargeg6.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.096$3.397▼ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.096$3.397▼ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.096$3.397▼ 17%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.316$3.579▼ 17%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.344$3.603▼ 17%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.548$3.772▼ 17%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.918$4.079▼ 17%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$5.024$4.171▼ 17%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.037$4.177▼ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.122$4.248▼ 17%
EU (London)eu-west-2$5.199$4.312▼ 17%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$5.199$4.312▼ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.326$4.417▼ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.94$4.926▼ 17%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.962$5.774▼ 17%

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