r6a.xlarge

r6a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2268 per hour on demand ($165.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.15 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0944 per hour. It is sold in 13 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.143 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$0.143$0.0573$0.094$0.0649$0.1034$0.0743
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.143$0.0143$0.0941$0.0649$0.1032$0.0742
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.2268$0.0944$0.15$0.1029$0.1643$0.1183
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2268$0.0798$0.15$0.1029$0.1643$0.1183
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2268$0.0661$0.15$0.1029$0.1643$0.1183
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.2484$0.1068$0.1647$0.1123$0.1795$0.129
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.252$0.0931$0.1667$0.1143$0.1826$0.1315
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2538$0.1245$0.1679$0.1151$0.1839$0.1324
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.2664$0.0717$0.1766$0.1204$0.1928$0.139
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2718$0.1074$0.1796$0.1235$0.1966$0.141
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2736$0.1215$0.181$0.1241$0.1982$0.1427
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2736$0.1222$0.181$0.1241$0.1982$0.1427
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2736$0.1298$0.181$0.1241$0.1982$0.1427
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$0.2268$0.15$0.1029
Ubuntu Pro$0.2338––
SUSE$0.2831$0.2$0.1479
RHEL$0.2844$0.2076$0.1605
Linux SQL Web$0.2944$0.2176$0.1705
RHEL SQL Web$0.352––
RHEL HA$0.3544$0.2776$0.2305
Windows$0.4108$0.334$0.2869
Windows SQL Web$0.4784$0.4016$0.3545
Linux SQL Std$0.7068$0.63$0.5829
RHEL SQL Std$0.7644––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8344––
Windows SQL Std$0.8908$0.814$0.7669
Linux SQL Ent$1.727$1.65$1.603
RHEL SQL Ent$1.784––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.854––
Windows SQL Ent$1.911$1.834$1.787

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline1.562 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 bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer6a.xlarge
Familyr6a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.