vt1.6xlarge

vt1.6xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 24 vCPUs, 48 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.30 per hour on demand ($949.00 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.819 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.477 per hour. It is sold in 4 regions.

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
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.30$0.477$0.819$0.5616$0.9828$0.6739
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.30$0.4825$0.819$0.5616$0.9828$0.6739
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.468$0.5807$0.9234$0.6501$1.113$0.7847
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.637$0.5721$1.028$0.7301$1.30$0.9147

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.30$0.819$0.5616
Ubuntu Pro$1.342––
RHEL$1.559$1.078$0.8208
RHEL HA$1.895$1.414$1.157

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs24
Physical cores12
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259CL
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)48
AcceleratorsValue
Accelerators2 × Xilinx U30 (24 GiB)
NetworkingValue
Network6.25 Gbps
Network baseline6.25 Gbps
Network peak6.25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes23
Instance detailsValue
Instance typevt1.6xlarge
Familyvt1
CategoryMedia Accelerator Instances
Current generationYes
Normalization factor48
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Other vt1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
vt1.3xlarge1224$0.65
vt1.6xlarge2448$1.30
vt1.24xlarge96192$5.20

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.