r6a.large

r6a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1134 per hour on demand ($82.78 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.075 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0381 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0715 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$0.0715$0.0277$0.047$0.0324$0.0517$0.0371
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.0715$0.0072$0.0471$0.0324$0.0516$0.0371
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.1134$0.0381$0.075$0.0514$0.0822$0.0592
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1134$0.028$0.075$0.0514$0.0822$0.0592
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1134$0.0443$0.075$0.0514$0.0822$0.0592
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.1242$0.0517$0.0824$0.0561$0.0898$0.0645
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.126$0.0361$0.0833$0.0572$0.0913$0.0657
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1269$0.0583$0.0839$0.0576$0.0919$0.0662
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1332$0.0379$0.0883$0.0602$0.0964$0.0695
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1359$0.0521$0.0898$0.0618$0.0983$0.0705
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1368$0.0486$0.0905$0.0621$0.0991$0.0714
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.1368$0.0562$0.0905$0.0621$0.0991$0.0714
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1368$0.0598$0.0905$0.0621$0.0991$0.0714
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$0.1134$0.075$0.0514
Ubuntu Pro$0.1169––
RHEL$0.1422$0.1038$0.0802
SUSE$0.1697$0.1$0.0739
RHEL HA$0.1772$0.1388$0.1152
Linux SQL Web$0.181$0.1426$0.119
Windows$0.2054$0.167$0.1434
RHEL SQL Web$0.2098––
Windows SQL Web$0.273$0.2346$0.211
Linux SQL Std$0.5934$0.555$0.5314
RHEL SQL Std$0.6222––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6572––
Windows SQL Std$0.6854$0.647$0.6234

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer6a.large
Familyr6a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
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.