r6gd.12xlargevsr7gd.12xlarge

r6gd.12xlarge is 15% cheaper than r7gd.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $365.80 a month.

At a glancer6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge
On-demand$2.765/hr15% less$3.266/hr
Lowest rate$0.5145/hr66% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.505/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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.

Optionr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge vs r6gd.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.765$3.266▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.514554% off$1.505▲ 192%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.74237% off$2.053▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.19457% off$1.411▲ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.01627% off$2.369▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.43149% off$1.678▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.765 vs $3.266 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r7gd.12xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS60,000 vs 50,000
20% higher
Network baseline22.5 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
13% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

13 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 9 differr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
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 matchr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking3 of 8 differr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge
Network20 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Network baseline20 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 12 differr6gd.12xlarger7gd.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 details1 of 10 differr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlarge
Familyr6gdr7gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr6gd.12xlarger7gd.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.794$2.112▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.765$3.266▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.765$3.266▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.765$3.266▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.918$3.447▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.034$3.583▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.072$3.629▲ 18%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.072$3.629▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.12$3.674▲ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.245$3.833▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.245$3.834▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.312$3.924▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.322$3.925▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.322$3.924▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.322$3.925▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$3.336$3.946▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.336$3.946▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.336$3.758▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.336$3.946▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$3.341$3.946▲ 18%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.643$4.316▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.648$4.309▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.378$5.171▲ 18%

Keep exploring

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