r5a.2xlargevsr6a.2xlarge

r5a.2xlarge is 0% cheaper than r6a.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1.17 a month.

At a glancer5a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
On-demand$0.452/hr0% less$0.4536/hr
Lowest rate$0.176/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1129/hr36% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 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.2xlarger6a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge vs r5a.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.452$0.4536Same
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.17675% off$0.1129▼ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.28534% off$0.3001▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.19555% off$0.2058▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.32828% off$0.3286Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.23648% off$0.2366Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5a.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.452 vs $0.4536 per hour
0% cheaper
Where r6a.2xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 2,880 Mbps
3.5× higher
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
44% higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr5a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differr5a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differr5a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,33312,000
EBS max IOPS16,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differr5a.2xlarger6a.2xlarge
Familyr5ar6a
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5a.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5a.2xlarger6a.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.286$0.286Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.452$0.4536Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.452$0.4536Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.452$0.4536Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.496$0.4968Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.504$0.504Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.508$0.5076Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.532$0.5328Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.544$0.5472▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.544$0.5436Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.548$0.5472Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.548$0.5472Same

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.