g6.xlarge

g6.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory, 1 GPU (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.8048 per hour on demand ($587.50 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5239 per hour, 35% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3847 per hour. It is sold in 20 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.8048$0.3847$0.5239$0.3694$0.6549$0.4618
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.8048$0.4152$0.5239$0.3694$0.6549$0.4618
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.8048$0.4682$0.5239$0.3694$0.6549$0.4618
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.848$0.282$0.5521$0.3892$0.6901$0.4865
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.8536$0.2287$0.5557$0.3918$0.6946$0.4898
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.8936$0.3823$0.5817$0.4102$0.7272$0.5127
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.9664$0.3696$0.6291$0.4436$0.7864$0.5545
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.9664$0.2501$0.6291$0.4436$0.7864$0.5545
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.9882$0.3351$0.6433$0.4536$0.8042$0.567
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.9896$0.4634$0.6442$0.4542$0.8053$0.5678
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.006$0.7366$0.6552$0.4619$0.819$0.5774
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$1.014$0.465$0.66$0.4653$0.825$0.5817
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$1.014–––$0.8255$0.582
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.014–$0.6604$0.4656$0.8255$0.582
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.022$0.3697$0.6651$0.4689$0.8313$0.5861
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.022$0.3596$0.6651$0.4689$0.8313$0.5861
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.046$0.5836$0.6812$0.4803$0.8515$0.6004
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$1.085$0.4352$0.7063$0.498$0.8829$0.6225
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.167$0.5821$0.7599$0.5357$0.9498$0.6697
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.368$0.2868$0.8906$0.6279$1.113$0.7849
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.8048$0.5239$0.3694
Ubuntu Pro$0.8118––
SUSE$0.8611$0.5739$0.4144
RHEL$0.8624$0.5815$0.427
Linux SQL Web$0.8724$0.5915$0.437
RHEL SQL Web$0.93––
RHEL HA$0.9324$0.6515$0.497
Windows$0.9888$0.7079$0.5534
Windows SQL Web$1.056$0.7755$0.621
Linux SQL Std$1.285$1.004$0.8494
RHEL SQL Std$1.342––
Windows SQL Std$1.469$1.188$1.033
Linux SQL Ent$2.305$2.024$1.869
RHEL SQL Ent$2.362––
Windows SQL Ent$2.489$2.208$2.053

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed2.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
AcceleratorsValue
GPUs1
GPU1 × NVIDIA L4
GPU memory24 GB
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 250 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 250 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s
EBS max throughput625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeg6.xlarge
Familyg6
CategoryGPU instance
Current generationYes
Normalization factor1
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other g6 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
g6.xlarge416$0.8048
g6.2xlarge832$0.9776
g6.4xlarge1664$1.323
g6.8xlarge32128$2.014
g6.12xlarge48192$4.602
g6.16xlarge64256$3.397
g6.24xlarge96384$6.675
g6.48xlarge192768$13.35

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.