r6gd.12xlargevsr6id.12xlarge

r6gd.12xlarge is 24% cheaper than r6id.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $630.72 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 glancer6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
On-demand$2.765/hr24% less$3.629/hr
Lowest rate$0.5145/hr81% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.671/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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.

Optionr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarger6id.12xlarge vs r6gd.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.765$3.629▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.514526% off$2.671▲ 419%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.74237% off$2.281▲ 31%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.19457% off$1.568▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.01627% off$2.633▲ 31%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.43149% off$1.864▲ 30%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.765 vs $3.629 per hour
24% cheaper
Physical cores48 vs 24
2× higher
Network baseline20 Gbps vs 18.75 Gbps
7% higher
Where r6id.12xlarge leads
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
EBS baseline IOPS60,000 vs 50,000
20% higher

Specs

20 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4824
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 matchr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 8 differr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit18750 Megabit
Network baseline20 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 12 differr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,425 GB SSD2 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput13500 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,250 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,250 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,781.25 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,781.25 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS50,00060,000
EBS max IOPS50,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlarge
Familyr6gdr6id
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6gd.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6gd.12xlarger6id.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.794$3.806▲ 112%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.765$3.629▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.765$3.629▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.765$3.629▲ 31%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.072$4.032▲ 31%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.072$4.032▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.245$4.259▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.312$4.36▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.322$4.361▲ 31%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.322$4.361▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.336$4.385▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.336$4.176▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.336$4.385▲ 31%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.648$4.788▲ 31%

Keep exploring

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

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