r6g.medium
r6g.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0504 per hour on demand ($36.79 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0318 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0096 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0325 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0325 | $0.0099 | $0.0205 | $0.014 | $0.0235 | $0.0168 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0325 | $0.0038 | $0.0205 | $0.014 | $0.0235 | $0.0168 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0504 | $0.0096 | $0.0318 | $0.0218 | $0.0365 | $0.0264 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0504 | $0.0092 | $0.0318 | $0.0218 | $0.0363 | $0.0261 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0504 | $0.0136 | $0.0318 | $0.0218 | $0.0363 | $0.0261 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0517 | $0.0256 | $0.0326 | $0.0223 | $0.0373 | $0.0271 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0517 | $0.0214 | $0.0326 | $0.0223 | $0.0373 | $0.0271 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0529 | – | $0.0333 | $0.0229 | $0.0384 | $0.0277 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0535 | $0.0068 | $0.0336 | $0.0232 | $0.0389 | $0.0275 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0547 | – | – | – | $0.0395 | $0.0287 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0552 | $0.0235 | $0.0348 | $0.0238 | $0.0402 | $0.0287 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0552 | $0.0201 | $0.0348 | $0.0238 | $0.0402 | $0.0287 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.056 | $0.0103 | $0.0353 | $0.0242 | $0.0404 | $0.0293 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0564 | $0.0135 | $0.0355 | $0.0244 | $0.041 | $0.0294 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0564 | $0.0252 | $0.0355 | $0.0244 | $0.041 | $0.0294 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.059 | $0.0197 | $0.0373 | $0.0254 | $0.0431 | $0.0308 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0592 | $0.0193 | $0.0373 | $0.0255 | $0.0428 | $0.0308 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0592 | $0.0209 | $0.0373 | $0.0256 | $0.0429 | $0.031 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0592 | $0.0223 | $0.0373 | $0.0256 | $0.0431 | $0.0309 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0604 | $0.0303 | $0.0381 | $0.0261 | $0.0437 | $0.0313 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0604 | $0.0201 | $0.0381 | $0.0261 | $0.0437 | $0.0313 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0604 | – | $0.0381 | $0.0261 | $0.0437 | $0.0313 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0604 | – | $0.0381 | $0.0261 | $0.0437 | $0.0313 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0608 | $0.0236 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.0438 | $0.0318 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0608 | $0.018 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.044 | $0.0317 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0608 | $0.0248 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.0438 | $0.0318 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0608 | $0.0061 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.0438 | $0.0318 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0608 | $0.0336 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.0438 | $0.0318 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.061 | $0.0111 | $0.0383 | $0.0265 | $0.0441 | $0.0319 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.062 | $0.0161 | $0.0391 | $0.0268 | $0.0451 | $0.0323 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.062 | $0.0128 | $0.0391 | $0.0268 | $0.0449 | $0.0324 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0634 | – | – | – | $0.0459 | $0.0329 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0669 | $0.022 | $0.0421 | $0.0289 | $0.0485 | $0.0349 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.067 | $0.0077 | $0.042 | $0.0286 | $0.0488 | $0.0346 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.0672 | $0.0274 | $0.0423 | $0.029 | $0.0487 | $0.0351 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0804 | $0.0123 | $0.0507 | $0.0347 | $0.0583 | $0.0417 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0504 | $0.0318 | $0.0218 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0522 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0648 | $0.0462 | $0.0362 |
| SUSE | $0.0814 | $0.0448 | $0.0328 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0823 | $0.0637 | $0.0537 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.5 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 4500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 4,750 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 593.75 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 20,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r6g.medium |
| Family | r6g |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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Other r6g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r6g.medium | 1 | 8 | $0.0504 |
| r6g.large | 2 | 16 | $0.1008 |
| r6g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2016 |
| r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4032 |
| r6g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $0.8064 |
| r6g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $1.613 |
| r6g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $2.419 |
| r6g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $3.226 |
| r6g.metal | 64 | 512 | $3.226 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.