r5a.24xlargevsr6a.24xlarge

r5a.24xlarge is 0% cheaper than r6a.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $14.02 a month.

At a glancer5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
On-demand$5.424/hr0% less$5.443/hr
Lowest rate$1.538/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.091/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD 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.

Optionr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge vs r5a.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.424$5.443Same
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$1.53880% off$1.091▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.41734% off$3.601▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$2.34355% off$2.469▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.94128% off$3.944Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.82948% off$2.839Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5a.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.424 vs $5.443 per hour
0% cheaper
Where r6a.24xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 13,570 Mbps
2.2× higher
Network baseline37.5 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
88% higher
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
44% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking3 of 8 differr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
Network20 Gigabit37500 Megabit
Network baseline20 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,570 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,570 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,696.25 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,696.25 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000120,000
EBS max IOPS60,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlarge
Familyr5ar6a
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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 r5a.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5a.24xlarger6a.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.432$3.432Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.424$5.443Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.424$5.443Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.424$5.443Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$5.952$5.962Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$6.048$6.048Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.096$6.091Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$6.384$6.394Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$6.528$6.566▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.528$6.523Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.576$6.566Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.576$6.566Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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