g6.12xlargevsg6e.12xlarge

g6.12xlarge is 56% cheaper than g6e.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4,300.43 a month.

At a glanceg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
On-demand$4.602/hr56% less$10.493/hr
Lowest rate$1.735/hr72% lessSpot, can be interrupted$6.23/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD 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.

Optiong6.12xlargeg6e.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge vs g6.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.602$10.493▲ 128%
SpotCan be interrupted62% off$1.73541% off$6.23▲ 259%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$2.99637% off$6.61▲ 121%
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$2.11257% off$4.533▲ 115%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment19% off$3.74524% off$7.932▲ 112%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment43% off$2.6448% off$5.439▲ 106%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g6.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.602 vs $10.493 per hour
56% cheaper
Where g6e.12xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 40 Gbps
2.5× higher
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher
GPU memory192 GB vs 96 GB
2× higher

Specs

11 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192384
Accelerators2 of 3 differg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
GPUs44
GPU4 × NVIDIA L44 × NVIDIA L40S
GPU memory96 GB192 GB
Networking4 of 8 differg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
Network40 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline40 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces810
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage2 of 12 differg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
Storage4 X 940 GB NVMe SSD2 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 940 GB SSD2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differg6.12xlargeg6e.12xlarge
Familyg6g6e
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor5.7176938375.638170974
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 g6.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong6.12xlargeg6e.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.602$10.493▲ 128%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.602$10.493▲ 128%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.602$10.493▲ 128%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.849$11.056▲ 128%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.881$11.13▲ 128%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$5.526$12.601▲ 128%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$5.526$12.601▲ 128%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$5.651$12.872▲ 128%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.658$12.90▲ 128%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.754$13.12▲ 128%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.674$15.217▲ 128%

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