r6g.metalvsr7g.metal

r6g.metal is 6% cheaper than r7g.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $147.17 a month.

At a glancer6g.metalr7g.metal
On-demand$3.226/hr6% less$3.427/hr
Lowest rate$0.6405/hr14% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7477/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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.metalr7g.metalr7g.metal vs r6g.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$3.226$3.427▲ 6%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.640578% off$0.7477▲ 17%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.03234% off$2.267▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.39355% off$1.555▲ 12%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.33928% off$2.483▲ 6%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.68648% off$1.788▲ 6%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.metal leads
On-demand price$3.226 vs $3.427 per hour
6% cheaper
Where r7g.metal leads
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

12 of 38 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 9 differr6g.metalr7g.metal
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6464
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.metalr7g.metal
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking4 of 8 differr6g.metalr7g.metal
Network25 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage5 of 11 differr6g.metalr7g.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput18000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details1 of 9 differr6g.metalr7g.metal
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr6g.metalr7g.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.08$2.403▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.08$2.403▲ 16%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.226$3.427▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.226$3.427▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.226$3.427▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.308$3.514▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$3.308$3.514▲ 6%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$3.387$3.599▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$3.424$3.645▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$3.502$3.721▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.533$3.754▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$3.533$3.754▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.584$3.808▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.61$3.835▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.61$3.834▲ 6%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.776$4.026▲ 7%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.789$4.026▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$3.789$4.016▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.79$4.027▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$3.866$4.107▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.866$4.107▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.866$4.107▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.866$4.107▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.891$4.134▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.891$4.134▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.891$4.134▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.891$4.134▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.891$4.134▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.904$4.134▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$3.971$4.219▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.971$4.219▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$4.059$4.313▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$4.28$4.548▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$4.288$4.544▲ 6%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$4.301$4.57▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.146$5.454▲ 6%

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