r6gd.largevsr7gd.large

r6gd.large is 15% cheaper than r7gd.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $15.26 a month.

At a glancer6gd.larger7gd.large
On-demand$0.1152/hr15% less$0.1361/hr
Lowest rate$0.0358/hr72% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1273/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.

Optionr6gd.larger7gd.larger7gd.large vs r6gd.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1152$0.1361▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.03586% off$0.1273▲ 256%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.072637% off$0.0855▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.049857% off$0.0588▲ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.08427% off$0.0987▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.059649% off$0.0699▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.large leads
On-demand price$0.1152 vs $0.1361 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r7gd.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 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 9 differr6gd.larger7gd.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 matchr6gd.larger7gd.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differr6gd.larger7gd.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 12 differr6gd.larger7gd.large
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
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 volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differr6gd.larger7gd.large
Familyr6gdr7gd
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 r6gd.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6gd.larger7gd.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0747$0.088▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1152$0.1361▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1152$0.1361▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1152$0.1361▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.1216$0.1436▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1264$0.1493▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.128$0.1512▲ 18%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.128$0.1512▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.13$0.1531▲ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1352$0.1597▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.1352$0.1598▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.138$0.1635▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.1384$0.1635▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.1384$0.1635▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1384$0.1635▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.139$0.1644▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.139$0.1644▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.139$0.1566▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.139$0.1644▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1392$0.1644▲ 18%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.1518$0.1798▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.152$0.1796▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1824$0.2155▲ 18%

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