r6a.2xlarge

r6a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.4536 per hour on demand ($331.13 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3001 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1129 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.286 per hour.

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
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.286$0.126$0.188$0.1297$0.2068$0.1485
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.286$0.0286$0.1882$0.1297$0.2063$0.1485
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.4536$0.1129$0.3001$0.2058$0.3286$0.2366
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.4536$0.1334$0.3001$0.2058$0.3286$0.2366
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.4536$0.1935$0.3001$0.2058$0.3286$0.2366
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.4968$0.1943$0.3294$0.2245$0.3591$0.258
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.504$0.1755$0.3334$0.2286$0.3651$0.2629
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.5076$0.2531$0.3358$0.2303$0.3678$0.2648
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.5328$0.1736$0.3532$0.2409$0.3856$0.278
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.5436$0.2249$0.3592$0.247$0.3931$0.282
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.5472$0.2065$0.362$0.2482$0.3965$0.2854
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.5472$0.2501$0.362$0.2482$0.3965$0.2854
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.5472$0.2403$0.362$0.2482$0.3965$0.2854
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.4536$0.3001$0.2058
Ubuntu Pro$0.4676––
RHEL$0.5688$0.4153$0.321
SUSE$0.5786$0.36$0.2598
Linux SQL Web$0.5888$0.4353$0.3409
RHEL SQL Web$0.704––
RHEL HA$0.7088$0.5553$0.461
Windows$0.8216$0.6681$0.5738
Windows SQL Web$0.9568$0.8033$0.709
Linux SQL Std$1.414$1.26$1.166
RHEL SQL Std$1.529––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.669––
Windows SQL Std$1.782$1.628$1.534
Linux SQL Ent$3.454$3.30$3.206
RHEL SQL Ent$3.569––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.709––
Windows SQL Ent$3.822$3.668$3.574

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer6a.2xlarge
Familyr6a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r6a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r6a.large216$0.1134
r6a.xlarge432$0.2268
r6a.2xlarge864$0.4536
r6a.4xlarge16128$0.9072
r6a.8xlarge32256$1.814
r6a.12xlarge48384$2.722
r6a.16xlarge64512$3.629
r6a.24xlarge96768$5.443
r6a.32xlarge1281024$7.258
r6a.48xlarge1921536$10.886
r6a.metal1921536$10.886

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