r6g.16xlargevsr6gd.16xlarge

r6g.16xlarge is 13% cheaper than r6gd.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $336.38 a month.

At a glancer6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
On-demand$3.226/hr13% less$3.686/hr
Lowest rate$0.8924/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.7454/hr16% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.16xlarger6gd.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge vs r6g.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.226$3.686▲ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.892480% off$0.7454▼ 16%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.03237% off$2.322▲ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.39357% off$1.593▲ 14%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.33927% off$2.688▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.68648% off$1.908▲ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.226 vs $3.686 per hour
13% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where r6gd.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
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.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
NetworkingAll 8 matchr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage3 of 12 differr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput18000 Mbps18000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details1 of 10 differr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge
Familyr6gr6gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.16xlarger6gd.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.08$2.392▲ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.226$3.686▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.226$3.686▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.226$3.686▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.424$3.891▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.533$4.045▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.584$4.16▲ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.61$4.096▲ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.61$4.096▲ 13%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.776$4.326▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.789$4.326▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.866$4.448▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.866$4.429▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.866$4.429▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.891$4.448▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.891$4.454▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.891$4.448▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.891$4.448▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.891$4.416▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.904$4.429▲ 13%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.28$4.858▲ 13%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.301$4.864▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.146$5.837▲ 13%

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