g6.12xlargevsg7.12xlarge

g6.12xlarge is 35% cheaper than g7.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,844.49 a month.

At a glanceg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
On-demand$4.602/hr35% less$7.128/hr
Lowest rate$1.735/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.7249/hr58% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
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.

Optiong6.12xlargeg7.12xlargeg7.12xlarge vs g6.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.602$7.128▲ 55%
SpotCan be interrupted62% off$1.73590% off$0.7249▼ 58%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$2.996——
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$2.112——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment19% off$3.74521% off$5.614▲ 50%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment43% off$2.6446% off$3.849▲ 46%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g6.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.602 vs $7.128 per hour
35% cheaper
GPUs4 vs 2
2× higher
Where g7.12xlarge leads
Network baseline175 Gbps vs 40 Gbps
4.4× higher
Physical cores48 vs 24
2× higher

Specs

19 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2448
Threads per core21
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed2.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Accelerators3 of 3 differg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
GPUs42
GPU4 × NVIDIA L42 × NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500
GPU memory96 GB64 GB
Networking5 of 8 differg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
Network40 Gigabit175 Gigabit
Network baseline40 Gbps175 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps175 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3064
Storage2 of 12 differg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
Storage4 X 940 GB NVMe SSD1x1900 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 940 GB SSD1 × 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 differg6.12xlargeg7.12xlarge
Familyg6g7
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor5.7176938372.828698413
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.

Regiong6.12xlargeg7.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.602$7.128▲ 55%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.602$7.128▲ 55%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.602$7.128▲ 55%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.849$7.485▲ 54%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.881$7.561▲ 55%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$5.526$8.56▲ 55%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.754$8.914▲ 55%
EU (London)eu-west-2$5.841$10.813▲ 85%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.983$9.268▲ 55%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.822$14.257▲ 82%

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