r6g.2xlarge.searchvsr7g.2xlarge.search

r6g.2xlarge.search is 6% cheaper than r7g.2xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $30.66 a month.

At a glancer6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
On-demand$0.669/hr6% less$0.711/hr
Lowest rate$0.348/hr6% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.37/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. standard option, USD per hour.

Optionr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search vs r6g.2xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.669$0.711▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.46231% off$0.491▲ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.34848% off$0.37▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.5688—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6g.2xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$0.669 vs $0.711 per hour
6% cheaper
Where r7g.2xlarge.search leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline3.75 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
50% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

10 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
vCPUs88
Physical cores88
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking2 of 2 differr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps15 Gbps
Storage5 of 7 differr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth2,375 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput296.875 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
ClusterAll 2 matchr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated manager, CoordinatorData, Dedicated manager, Coordinator
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
Familyr6gr7g
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr6g.2xlarger7g.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6g.2xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr6g.2xlarge.searchr7g.2xlarge.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.432$0.498▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.432$0.498▲ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.669$0.711▲ 6%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.669$0.711▲ 6%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.669$0.711▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.6859$0.7292▲ 6%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.71$0.756▲ 6%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.733$0.779▲ 6%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.733$0.7789▲ 6%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.744$0.79▲ 6%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.749$0.796▲ 6%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.749$0.795▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.778$0.8579▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.784$0.8353▲ 7%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.786$0.835▲ 6%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.786$0.833▲ 6%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.786$0.8356▲ 6%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.794$0.8753▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.802$0.8522▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.802$0.852▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.802$0.8522▲ 6%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.802$0.8522▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.807$0.8579▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.807$0.858▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.807$0.858▲ 6%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.807$0.858▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.81$0.858▲ 6%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.8389$0.8755▲ 4%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.856$0.9437▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.86$0.9482▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.89$0.943▲ 6%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.068$1.132▲ 6%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r6g.2xlarge.searchMemory optimized, r6g family
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AWS OpenSearch standard option prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.