g6e.2xlargevsg7e.2xlarge

g6e.2xlarge is 33% cheaper than g7e.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $818.33 a month.

At a glanceg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
On-demand$2.242/hr33% less$3.363/hr
Lowest rate$1.162/hr41% less3-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$1.961/hr3-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald 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.

Optiong6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge vs g6e.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.242$3.363▲ 50%
SpotCan be interrupted6% off$2.09844% off$1.889▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.413——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.9686——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$1.69521% off$2.648▲ 56%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.16242% off$1.961▲ 69%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g6e.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.242 vs $3.363 per hour
33% cheaper
Sustained clock3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
42% higher
Where g7e.2xlarge leads
Network baseline50 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
10× higher
GPU memory96 GB vs 48 GB
2× higher
Clock speed3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
23% higher

Specs

15 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Accelerators2 of 3 differg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
GPUs11
GPU1 × NVIDIA L40S1 × NVIDIA RTX PRO Server 6000
GPU memory48 GB96 GB
Networking4 of 8 differg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 20 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1564
Storage2 of 12 differg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
Storage1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 450 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 5000 MbpsUp to 5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS max throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,0008,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differg6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
Familyg6eg7e
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1.2047713721
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 g6e.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong6e.2xlargeg7e.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.242$3.363▲ 50%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.242$3.363▲ 50%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.242$3.363▲ 50%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.363$3.544▲ 50%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.378$4.852▲ 104%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.693$5.493▲ 104%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.756$4.135▲ 50%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.804$5.719▲ 104%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.252$4.878▲ 50%

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