r6a.metal

r6a.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $10.886 per hour on demand ($7,947.07 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $7.201 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $2.494 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $6.864 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$6.864$0.6864$4.511$3.114$4.962$3.564
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$6.864$0.6864$4.518$3.114$4.951$3.563
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$10.886$2.494$7.201$4.938$7.887$5.679
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$10.886$2.85$7.201$4.938$7.887$5.679
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$10.886$1.477$7.201$4.938$7.887$5.679
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$11.923$1.612$7.906$5.389$8.618$6.192
US West (N. California) us-west-1$12.096$1.21$8.002$5.487$8.764$6.31
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$12.182$3.042$8.059$5.526$8.826$6.355
EU (London) eu-west-2$12.787$12.473$8.478$5.781$9.253$6.672
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$13.046$4.397$8.621$5.928$9.435$6.768
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$13.133$1.313$8.687$5.957$9.515$6.851
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$13.133$4.994$8.687$5.957$9.515$6.851
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$13.133$1.313$8.687$5.957$9.515$6.851
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$10.886$7.201$4.938
SUSE$11.011$7.261$4.992
Ubuntu Pro$11.222––
RHEL$12.73$9.044$6.781
Linux SQL Web$14.131$10.446$8.183
RHEL HA$14.746$11.06$8.797
RHEL SQL Web$15.974––
Windows$19.718$16.033$13.77
Windows SQL Web$22.963$19.278$17.015
Linux SQL Std$33.926$30.241$27.978
RHEL SQL Std$35.77––
RHEL HA SQL Std$37.786––
Windows SQL Std$42.758$39.073$36.81
Linux SQL Ent$82.886$79.201$76.938
RHEL SQL Ent$84.73––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$86.746––
Windows SQL Ent$91.718$88.033$85.77

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs192
Physical cores96
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)1536
NetworkingValue
Network50 Gbps
Network baseline50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFAYes
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000
Max EBS volumes31
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer6a.metal
Familyr6a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor384
Bare metalYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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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.