r7g.largevsr7i.large

r7g.large is 19% cheaper than r7i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $18.40 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 glancer7g.larger7i.large
On-demand$0.1071/hr19% less$0.1323/hr
Lowest rate$0.0507/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0402/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionr7g.larger7i.larger7i.large vs r7g.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1071$0.1323▲ 24%
SpotCan be interrupted53% off$0.050770% off$0.0402▼ 21%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.070834% off$0.0875▲ 24%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.048655% off$0.06▲ 23%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.077628% off$0.0959▲ 24%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.055948% off$0.069▲ 23%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7g.large leads
On-demand price$0.1071 vs $0.1323 per hour
19% cheaper
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Network baseline0.937 Gbps vs 0.781 Gbps
20% higher
Where r7i.large leads
Clock speed3.2 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
28% higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differr7g.larger7i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr7g.larger7i.large
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 8 differr7g.larger7i.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.937 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage3 of 11 differr7g.larger7i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details3 of 10 differr7g.larger7i.large
Familyr7gr7i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesNo
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7g.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr7g.larger7i.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0751$0.1365▲ 82%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0751$0.1365▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1071$0.1323▲ 24%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1071$0.1323▲ 24%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1071$0.1323▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.1098$0.1357▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.1098$0.1357▲ 24%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.1125$0.1389▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.1139$0.1407▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.1163$0.1436▲ 23%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1173$0.1449▲ 24%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.119$0.147▲ 24%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1198$0.148▲ 24%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1199$0.148▲ 23%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1255$0.1554▲ 24%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1258$0.1554▲ 24%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.1258$0.1554▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.1284$0.1586▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1284$0.1586▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.1284$0.1586▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1284$0.1586▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1292$0.1596▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.1348$0.1665▲ 24%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1704$0.2111▲ 24%

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