r6gd.medium
r6gd.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0576 per hour on demand ($42.05 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0363 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0126 per hour. It is sold in 23 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0374 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 | $0.0374 | $0.0128 | $0.0235 | $0.0161 | $0.0271 | $0.0193 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0576 | $0.0126 | $0.0363 | $0.0249 | $0.042 | $0.0298 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0576 | $0.0079 | $0.0363 | $0.0249 | $0.0419 | $0.0295 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0576 | $0.0085 | $0.0363 | $0.0249 | $0.0419 | $0.0295 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0608 | $0.0082 | $0.0383 | $0.0263 | $0.0446 | $0.0316 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0632 | $0.0178 | $0.0398 | $0.0273 | $0.0461 | $0.0326 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.064 | $0.0096 | $0.0403 | $0.0276 | $0.0469 | $0.0336 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.064 | $0.0209 | $0.0403 | $0.0276 | $0.047 | $0.0336 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.065 | $0.0096 | $0.041 | $0.0281 | $0.0478 | $0.034 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0676 | $0.0164 | $0.0426 | $0.0292 | $0.0495 | $0.0355 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0676 | $0.0163 | $0.0426 | $0.0292 | $0.049 | $0.0353 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.069 | $0.0204 | $0.0436 | $0.0297 | $0.0504 | $0.0362 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0692 | $0.017 | $0.0435 | $0.0299 | $0.05 | $0.036 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0692 | – | $0.0436 | $0.0299 | $0.0508 | $0.0358 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0692 | – | $0.0436 | $0.0299 | $0.0508 | $0.0358 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0695 | $0.022 | $0.0441 | $0.0302 | $0.0509 | $0.0367 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0695 | $0.0241 | $0.0441 | $0.0302 | $0.0504 | $0.0362 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0695 | $0.0206 | $0.0441 | $0.0302 | $0.0509 | $0.0362 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0695 | $0.007 | $0.0441 | $0.0302 | $0.0504 | $0.0362 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0696 | $0.0293 | $0.0438 | $0.0301 | $0.0511 | $0.0367 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0759 | $0.0134 | $0.0479 | $0.0327 | $0.0554 | $0.0398 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.076 | $0.0189 | $0.0479 | $0.0328 | $0.0557 | $0.0399 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0912 | $0.0092 | $0.0575 | $0.0394 | $0.0667 | $0.0474 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0576 | $0.0363 | $0.0249 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0594 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.072 | $0.0507 | $0.0393 |
| SUSE | $0.0886 | $0.0493 | $0.0359 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0895 | $0.0682 | $0.0568 |
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 | 1 x 59 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 59 GB SSD |
| 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 | 26 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r6gd.medium |
| Family | r6gd |
| 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 r6gd sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r6gd.medium | 1 | 8 | $0.0576 |
| r6gd.large | 2 | 16 | $0.1152 |
| r6gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $0.2304 |
| r6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4608 |
| r6gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $0.9216 |
| r6gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $1.843 |
| r6gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $2.765 |
| r6gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $3.686 |
| r6gd.metal | 64 | 512 | $3.686 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.