g5.48xlargevsg6.48xlarge

g6.48xlarge is 18% cheaper than g5.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,144.45 a month.

At a glanceg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
On-demand$16.288/hr$13.35/hr18% less
Lowest rate$8.461/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.893/hr78% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 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.

Optiong5.48xlargeg6.48xlargeg6.48xlarge vs g5.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$16.288$13.35▼ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted48% off$8.46186% off$1.893▼ 78%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$10.26135% off$8.691▼ 15%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$7.03654% off$6.128▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$12.82719% off$10.864▼ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment46% off$8.79643% off$7.66▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g5.48xlarge leads
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher
Where g6.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$13.35 vs $16.288 per hour
18% cheaper
Max EBS volumes128 vs 9
14.2× higher
Max network interfaces15 vs 7
2.1× higher
Sustained clock3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
3% higher

Specs

17 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
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 matchg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Accelerators1 of 3 differg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
GPUs88
GPU8 × NVIDIA A10G8 × NVIDIA L4
GPU memory192 GB192 GB
Networking1 of 8 differg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
Network100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces715
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage10 of 12 differg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
Storage2 x 3800 GB NVMe SSD8 x 940 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 3,800 GB SSD8 × 940 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput19000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000240,000
EBS max IOPS80,000240,000
Max EBS volumes9128
Instance details2 of 10 differg5.48xlargeg6.48xlarge
Familyg5g6
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor16.19085487116.58846918
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 g5.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong5.48xlargeg6.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$16.288$13.35▼ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$16.288$13.35▼ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$16.288$13.35▼ 18%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$17.162$14.067▼ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$17.276$14.16▼ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$18.085$14.823▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$19.559$16.031▼ 18%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$19.98$16.393▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$20.028$16.416▼ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$20.368$16.695▼ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$20.676$16.947▼ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$20.676$16.947▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$21.178$17.358▼ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$23.622$19.362▼ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$27.686$22.693▼ 18%

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