g6.xlargevsg6f.xlarge

g6f.xlarge is 70% cheaper than g6.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $414.13 a month.

At a glanceg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
On-demand$0.8048/hr$0.2375/hr70% less
Lowest rate$0.3847/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0815/hr79% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargeg6f.xlargeg6f.xlarge vs g6.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.8048$0.2375▼ 70%
SpotCan be interrupted52% off$0.384766% off$0.0815▼ 79%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$0.5239——
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$0.3694——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment19% off$0.654919% off$0.1933▼ 70%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment43% off$0.461843% off$0.1363▼ 70%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g6.xlarge leads
GPUs1 vs 0.125
8× higher
Where g6f.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.2375 vs $0.8048 per hour
70% cheaper

Specs

7 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
MemoryAll 1 matchg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Accelerators3 of 3 differg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
GPUs10.125
GPU1 × NVIDIA L40 × NVIDIA L4
GPU memory24 GB3 GB
NetworkingAll 8 matchg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage2 of 12 differg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
Storage1 x 250 GB NVMe SSD1 x 100 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 250 GB SSD1 × 100 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 5000 MbpsUp to 5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s125 MB/s
EBS max throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0004,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differg6.xlargeg6f.xlarge
Familyg6g6f
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1–
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong6.xlargeg6f.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.8048$0.2375▼ 70%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.8048$0.2375▼ 70%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.8048$0.2375▼ 70%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.848$0.2672▼ 68%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.8536$0.2519▼ 70%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.8936$0.2637▼ 70%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.9664$0.2852▼ 70%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.9896$0.292▼ 70%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.006$0.297▼ 70%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.022$0.3015▼ 70%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.046$0.3088▼ 70%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.167$0.3444▼ 70%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.368$0.4037▼ 70%

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