r6a.largevsr7a.large

r6a.large is 25% cheaper than r7a.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $28.32 a month.

At a glancer6a.larger7a.large
On-demand$0.1134/hr25% less$0.1522/hr
Lowest rate$0.0381/hr26% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0517/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger7a.larger7a.large vs r6a.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1134$0.1522▲ 34%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.038166% off$0.0517▲ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.07534% off$0.1007▲ 34%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.051455% off$0.069▲ 34%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.082228% off$0.1102▲ 34%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.059248% off$0.0794▲ 34%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6a.large leads
On-demand price$0.1134 vs $0.1522 per hour
25% cheaper
Where r7a.large leads
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher

Specs

9 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differr6a.larger7a.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores12
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.larger7a.large
Memory (GiB)1616
NetworkingAll 8 matchr6a.larger7a.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage2 of 11 differr6a.larger7a.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differr6a.larger7a.large
Familyr6ar7a
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6a.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6a.larger7a.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0715$0.157▲ 120%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1134$0.1522▲ 34%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1134$0.1522▲ 34%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1134$0.1522▲ 34%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1269$0.1703▲ 34%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1368$0.1835▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1368$0.1835▲ 34%

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