r6g.12xlargevsr6gd.12xlarge

r6g.12xlarge is 13% cheaper than r6gd.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $252.29 a month.

At a glancer6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
On-demand$2.419/hr13% less$2.765/hr
Lowest rate$0.4741/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.5145/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge vs r6g.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.419$2.765▲ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.474181% off$0.5145▲ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.52437% off$1.742▲ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.04557% off$1.194▲ 14%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.75427% off$2.016▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.26548% off$1.431▲ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.419 vs $2.765 per hour
13% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where r6gd.12xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 8 matchr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage3 of 12 differr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput13500 Mbps13500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,250 Mbps14,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,250 Mbps14,250 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,781.25 MB/s1,781.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,781.25 MB/s1,781.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS50,00050,000
EBS max IOPS50,00050,000
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details1 of 10 differr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge
Familyr6gr6gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.12xlarger6gd.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.56$1.794▲ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.419$2.765▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.419$2.765▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.419$2.765▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.568$2.918▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.65$3.034▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.688$3.12▲ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.707$3.072▲ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.707$3.072▲ 13%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.832$3.245▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.842$3.245▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.899$3.336▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.899$3.322▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.899$3.322▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.918$3.336▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.918$3.341▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.918$3.336▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.918$3.336▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.918$3.312▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.928$3.322▲ 13%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.21$3.643▲ 13%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.226$3.648▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.859$4.378▲ 13%

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