r6g.mediumvsr6gd.medium

r6g.medium is 13% cheaper than r6gd.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $5.26 a month.

At a glancer6g.mediumr6gd.medium
On-demand$0.0504/hr13% less$0.0576/hr
Lowest rate$0.0096/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0126/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 8 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.mediumr6gd.mediumr6gd.medium vs r6g.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0504$0.0576▲ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.009678% off$0.0126▲ 31%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.031837% off$0.0363▲ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.021857% off$0.0249▲ 14%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.036527% off$0.042▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.026448% off$0.0298▲ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0504 vs $0.0576 per hour
13% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 26
4% higher
Where r6gd.medium leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchr6g.mediumr6gd.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumr6gd.medium
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 8 matchr6g.mediumr6gd.medium
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.5 Gbps0.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage3 of 12 differr6g.mediumr6gd.medium
StorageEBS only1 x 59 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 59 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4500 MbpsUp to 4500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes2726
Instance details1 of 10 differr6g.mediumr6gd.medium
Familyr6gr6gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr6g.mediumr6gd.mediumDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0325$0.0374▲ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0504$0.0576▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0504$0.0576▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0504$0.0576▲ 14%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.0535$0.0608▲ 14%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0552$0.0632▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.056$0.065▲ 16%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0564$0.064▲ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0564$0.064▲ 13%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.059$0.0676▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0592$0.0676▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0604$0.0695▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0604$0.0692▲ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0604$0.0692▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.0608$0.0695▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.0608$0.0696▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0608$0.0695▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0608$0.0695▲ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0608$0.069▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.061$0.0692▲ 13%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0669$0.0759▲ 13%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.0672$0.076▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0804$0.0912▲ 13%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r6g.mediumMemory optimized, r6g family
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r6gd.mediumMemory optimized, r6gd family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.