r6gd.mediumvsr7gd.medium

r6gd.medium is 15% cheaper than r7gd.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.59 a month.

At a glancer6gd.mediumr7gd.medium
On-demand$0.0576/hr15% less$0.068/hr
Lowest rate$0.0126/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0134/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 8 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.mediumr7gd.mediumr7gd.medium vs r6gd.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0576$0.068▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.012680% off$0.0134▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.036337% off$0.0428▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.024957% off$0.0294▲ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.04227% off$0.0494▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.029849% off$0.035▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0576 vs $0.068 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r7gd.medium 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.mediumr7gd.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumr7gd.medium
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differr6gd.mediumr7gd.medium
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.5 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage4 of 12 differr6gd.mediumr7gd.medium
Storage1 x 59 NVMe SSD1 x 59 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 59 GB SSD1 × 59 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4500 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differr6gd.mediumr7gd.medium
Familyr6gdr7gd
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 r6gd.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6gd.mediumr7gd.mediumDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0374$0.044▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0576$0.068▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0576$0.068▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0576$0.068▲ 18%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.0608$0.0718▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0632$0.0747▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.064$0.0756▲ 18%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.064$0.0756▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.065$0.0765▲ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0676$0.0799▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0676$0.0799▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.069$0.0817▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.0692$0.0818▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0692$0.0817▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0692$0.0818▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.0695$0.0822▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0695$0.0822▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0695$0.0783▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0695$0.0822▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.0696$0.0822▲ 18%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0759$0.0899▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.076$0.0898▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0912$0.1077▲ 18%

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