r6gd.4xlarge.searchvsr7gd.4xlarge.search

r6gd.4xlarge.search is 15% cheaper than r7gd.4xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $202.21 a month.

At a glancer6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
On-demand$1.53/hr15% less$1.807/hr
Lowest rate$0.796/hr15% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.94/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search vs r6gd.4xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$1.53$1.807▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$1.05631% off$1.247▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.79648% off$0.94▲ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$1.446—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.4xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$1.53 vs $1.807 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r7gd.4xlarge.search leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline7.5 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
50% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

11 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
vCPUs1616
Physical cores1616
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking2 of 2 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Network baseline5 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps15 Gbps
Storage5 of 8 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 950 GB SSD1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Cluster1 of 2 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Familyr6gdr7gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr6gd.4xlarger7gd.4xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r6gd.4xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr6gd.4xlarge.searchr7gd.4xlarge.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.992$1.169▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.53$1.807▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.53$1.807▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.53$1.807▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.70$2.008▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.726$2.033▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.772$2.172▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.782$2.184▲ 23%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.795$2.122▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.833$2.171▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.846$2.184▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.846$2.08▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.846$2.184▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.422$2.861▲ 18%

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AWS OpenSearch standard option prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.