r6g.largevsr7g.large

r6g.large is 6% cheaper than r7g.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4.60 a month.

At a glancer6g.larger7g.large
On-demand$0.1008/hr6% less$0.1071/hr
Lowest rate$0.0294/hr42% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0507/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger7g.larger7g.large vs r6g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1008$0.1071▲ 6%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.029453% off$0.0507▲ 72%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.063534% off$0.0708▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.043555% off$0.0486▲ 12%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.073128% off$0.0776▲ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.052748% off$0.0559▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.large leads
On-demand price$0.1008 vs $0.1071 per hour
6% cheaper
Where r7g.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

10 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 9 differr6g.larger7g.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
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.larger7g.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differr6g.larger7g.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage4 of 11 differr6g.larger7g.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4500 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differr6g.larger7g.large
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.larger7g.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.065$0.0751▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.065$0.0751▲ 16%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1008$0.1071▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1008$0.1071▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1008$0.1071▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.1034$0.1098▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.1034$0.1098▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.1058$0.1125▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.107$0.1139▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.1094$0.1163▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1104$0.1173▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.1104$0.1173▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.112$0.119▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1128$0.1199▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1128$0.1198▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.118$0.1258▲ 7%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1184$0.1258▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1184$0.1255▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.1184$0.1258▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.1208$0.1284▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1208$0.1284▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.1208$0.1284▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1208$0.1284▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.1216$0.1292▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1216$0.1292▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1216$0.1292▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1216$0.1292▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1216$0.1292▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.122$0.1292▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.1241$0.1318▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.1241$0.1318▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.1268$0.1348▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.1338$0.1421▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.134$0.142▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.1344$0.1428▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1608$0.1704▲ 6%

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