r6in.largevsr8in.large

r6in.large is 17% cheaper than r8in.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $25.48 a month.

At a glancer6in.larger8in.large
On-demand$0.1743/hr17% less$0.2092/hr
Lowest rate$0.0259/hr43% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0454/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr6in.larger8in.larger8in.large vs r6in.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1743$0.2092▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted85% off$0.025978% off$0.0454▲ 75%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.1098——
3-yr reservedNo upfront59% off$0.0706——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.126328% off$0.1516▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.081353% off$0.0976▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6in.large leads
On-demand price$0.1743 vs $0.2092 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps vs 10,000 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where r8in.large leads
IPv4 addresses per interface20 vs 10
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differr6in.larger8in.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr6in.larger8in.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differr6in.larger8in.large
NetworkUp to 25000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline3.125 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces34
IPv4 addresses per interface1020
Storage8 of 11 differr6in.larger8in.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 25000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,562 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput195.313 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,2503,600
EBS max IOPS100,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differr6in.larger8in.large
Familyr6inr8in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6in.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr6in.larger8in.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1743$0.2092▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1743$0.2092▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1743$0.2092▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1954$0.2345▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2083$0.2499▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.2118$0.2541▲ 20%

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