r6g.4xlargevsr7g.4xlarge

r6g.4xlarge is 6% cheaper than r7g.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $36.79 a month.

At a glancer6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
On-demand$0.8064/hr6% less$0.8568/hr
Lowest rate$0.1714/hr41% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.2893/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 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.4xlarger7g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge vs r6g.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.8064$0.8568▲ 6%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.171466% off$0.2893▲ 69%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.50834% off$0.5668▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.348455% off$0.3886▲ 12%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.584728% off$0.6208▲ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.421648% off$0.447▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.8064 vs $0.8568 per hour
6% cheaper
Where r7g.4xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline7.5 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
50% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

12 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 9 differr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores1616
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage6 of 11 differr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput4500 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlarge
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.4xlarger7g.4xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.52$0.6006▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.52$0.6006▲ 16%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.8064$0.8568▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.8064$0.8568▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.8064$0.8568▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.8269$0.8786▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.8269$0.8786▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.8467$0.8997▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.856$0.9112▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.8755$0.9302▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.8832$0.9384▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.8832$0.9384▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.896$0.952▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.9024$0.9588▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.9024$0.9584▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.944$1.006▲ 7%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.9472$1.006▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.9472$1.004▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.9475$1.007▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.9664$1.027▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.9664$1.027▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.9664$1.027▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.9664$1.027▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.9728$1.034▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.9728$1.034▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.9728$1.034▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.9728$1.034▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.9728$1.034▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.976$1.034▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.9926$1.055▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.9926$1.055▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.015$1.078▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$1.07$1.137▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$1.072$1.136▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.075$1.142▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.286$1.363▲ 6%

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