hpc6a.48xlargevshpc7a.48xlarge

At a glancehpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where hpc6a.48xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where hpc7a.48xlarge leads
Network baseline300 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
3× higher
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher
Clock speed3.7 GHz vs 2.95 GHz
25% higher

Specs

12 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores9696
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.95 GHz3.7 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)384768
Networking5 of 9 differhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
Network100 Gigabit300 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps300 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps300 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces24
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards–2
Storage1 of 11 differhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2085 Mbps87 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth87 Mbps87 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,085 Mbps2,085 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput10.875 MB/s10.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput260.625 MB/s260.625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS500500
EBS max IOPS11,00011,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlarge
Familyhpc6ahpc7a
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for hpc6a.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionhpc6a.48xlargehpc7a.48xlargeDifference
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.88$7.20▲ 150%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.093$7.725▲ 150%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.467$8.667▲ 150%

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