r6g.2xlargevsr6i.2xlarge

r6g.2xlarge is 20% cheaper than r6i.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $73.58 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancer6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.4032/hr20% less$0.504/hr
Lowest rate$0.1225/hr59% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.2977/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarger6i.2xlarge vs r6g.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.4032$0.504▲ 25%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.122541% off$0.2977▲ 143%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.25434% off$0.3334▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.174255% off$0.2286▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.292328% off$0.3651▲ 25%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.210848% off$0.2629▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.4032 vs $0.504 per hour
20% cheaper
Physical cores8 vs 4
2× higher
Where r6i.2xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

20 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores84
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differr6g.2xlarger6i.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
Storage6 of 11 differr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4500 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,375 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput296.875 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details3 of 10 differr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
Familyr6gr6i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.2xlarger6i.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.26$0.52▲ 100%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.26$0.52▲ 100%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.4032$0.504▲ 25%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.4032$0.504▲ 25%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.4032$0.504▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.4134$0.5168▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.4134$0.5168▲ 25%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.4234$0.5292▲ 25%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.428$0.536▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.4378$0.5472▲ 25%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.4416$0.552▲ 25%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.4416$0.552▲ 25%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.448$0.56▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.4512$0.564▲ 25%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.472$0.592▲ 25%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.4736$0.592▲ 25%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.4736$0.592▲ 25%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.4738$0.5922▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.4832$0.604▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.4832$0.604▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.4832$0.604▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.4864$0.608▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.4864$0.608▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.4864$0.608▲ 25%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.4864$0.608▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.488$0.608▲ 25%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.4963$0.6204▲ 25%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.4963$0.6204▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.5074$0.6342▲ 25%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.535$0.6688▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.536$0.668▲ 25%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.5376$0.672▲ 25%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.6432$0.804▲ 25%

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