r6gd.large.searchvsr7gd.large.search

r6gd.large.search is 15% cheaper than r7gd.large.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $25.55 a month.

At a glancer6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
On-demand$0.191/hr15% less$0.226/hr
Lowest rate$0.099/hr16% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.118/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.large.searchr7gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search vs r6gd.large.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.191$0.226▲ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.13231% off$0.156▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.09948% off$0.118▲ 19%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—20% off$0.1808—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r6gd.large.search leads
On-demand price$0.191 vs $0.226 per hour
15% cheaper
Where r7gd.large.search leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

9 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 8 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 2 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage3 of 8 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Cluster1 of 2 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Familyr6gdr7gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.search
Hardware Basisr6gd.larger7gd.large

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionr6gd.large.searchr7gd.large.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.124$0.146▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.191$0.226▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.191$0.226▲ 18%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.191$0.226▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.212$0.251▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.216$0.254▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.221$0.271▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.223$0.2729▲ 22%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.224$0.2653▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.229$0.271▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.231$0.273▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.231$0.26▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.231$0.273▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.303$0.3577▲ 18%

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