g6e.8xlargevsg7e.8xlarge

g6e.8xlarge is 14% cheaper than g7e.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $539.91 a month.

At a glanceg6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
On-demand$4.529/hr14% less$5.268/hr
Lowest rate$1.627/hr32% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.375/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.8xlargeg7e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge vs g6e.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.529$5.268▲ 16%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$1.62755% off$2.375▲ 46%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.853——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.956——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$3.42421% off$4.149▲ 21%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.34842% off$3.072▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g6e.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.529 vs $5.268 per hour
14% cheaper
Sustained clock3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
42% higher
Where g7e.8xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× 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.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Accelerators2 of 3 differg6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
GPUs11
GPU1 × NVIDIA L40S1 × NVIDIA RTX PRO Server 6000
GPU memory48 GB96 GB
Networking4 of 8 differg6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
Network25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3064
Storage2 of 12 differg6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
Storage1 x 900 GB NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 450 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput16000 Mbps16000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth16,000 Mbps16,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth16,000 Mbps16,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,000 MB/s2,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,000 MB/s2,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS64,00064,000
EBS max IOPS64,00064,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details2 of 10 differg6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
Familyg6eg7e
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor2.4333996021.566473988
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong6e.8xlargeg7e.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.529$5.268▲ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.529$5.268▲ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.529$5.268▲ 16%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.772$5.551▲ 16%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.803$7.60▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$5.439$8.605▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.568$6.477▲ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.662$8.959▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.568$7.641▲ 16%

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