r6a.24xlargevsr7a.24xlarge

r6a.24xlarge is 25% cheaper than r7a.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,357.80 a month.

At a glancer6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
On-demand$5.443/hr25% less$7.303/hr
Lowest rate$1.091/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.185/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 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.

Optionr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge vs r6a.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$5.443$7.303▲ 34%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$1.09184% off$1.185▲ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$3.60134% off$4.831▲ 34%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$2.46955% off$3.313▲ 34%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$3.94428% off$5.291▲ 34%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.83948% off$3.81▲ 34%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6a.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$5.443 vs $7.303 per hour
25% cheaper
Where r7a.24xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes64 vs 27
2.4× higher
Physical cores96 vs 48
2× higher

Specs

9 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4896
Threads per core21
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHzUp to 3.7 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
NetworkingAll 8 matchr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
Network37500 Megabit37500 Megabit
Network baseline37.5 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak37.5 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage2 of 11 differr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2764
Instance details1 of 10 differr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlarge
Familyr6ar7a
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 r6a.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6a.24xlarger7a.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$3.432$7.535▲ 120%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.443$7.303▲ 34%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.443$7.303▲ 34%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.443$7.303▲ 34%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.091$8.172▲ 34%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.566$8.81▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.566$8.81▲ 34%

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