Instances›AWS EC2›g6e›g6e.8xlarge
Compute
vCPUs32
Memory256 GiB
Mem / vCPU8.00 GiB
ProcessorEPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock speed2.6 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
Type2 × 450 GB NVMe SSD
Bandwidth16,000 Mbps
Throughput2000 MB/s
IOPS64,000
Networking
Performance25 Gigabit
Max ENIs8
IPv6Yes
GPUNVIDIA L40S
Family sizes
g6e.xlarge4 vCPU · 32 GiB
g6e.2xlarge8 vCPU · 64 GiB
g6e.4xlarge16 vCPU · 128 GiB
g6e.8xlarge32 vCPU · 256 GiB
g6e.12xlarge48 vCPU · 384 GiB
g6e.16xlarge64 vCPU · 512 GiB
g6e.24xlarge96 vCPU · 768 GiB
g6e.48xlarge192 vCPU · 1536 GiB
g6e.8xlarge

The g6e.8xlarge pairs 32 vCPU with 256 GiB of RAM, the 8.00 GiB-per-vCPU ratio that marks a GPU instance. In the name, "g" is graphics, "6" is the generation, "e" marks extended capacity and "8xlarge" is the size within the g6e family. It runs on AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor at 2.6 GHz, and AWS introduced it in August 2024. AWS has since shipped g7e; g7e.8xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 852,916 CoreMark/s against this instance's 692,716 — roughly 23% more throughput for the same vCPU count. Rackspace Spot runs one GPU class, gpu.vs2.xlargeplusplus — a single NVIDIA A30 with 24 vCPU and 64 GiB, in San Jose only. Against this instance's 1 × NVIDIA L40S that is a downgrade per card, honest for inference and not for the training this instance was bought for.

Match qualityWeaker GPU

g6e.8xlarge carries 1 Ada Lovelace GPU (48 GiB VRAM). The Spot GPU node is built on the NVIDIA A30 (Ampere, 24 GB VRAM) with 24 vCPU and 64 GiB of host memory, against 32 vCPU on g6e.8xlarge. Per card that is a downgrade, and it should be read as one: it is honest for inference, batch work and small-batch fine-tuning, and it is not the card g6e.8xlarge was bought for if the job is a full training run. The catch is location rather than hardware: US West, San Jose is the only Spot region that offers it, so latency to your users and egress to your data are the things to check.

No local diskg6e.8xlarge comes with 2 × 450 GB NVMe SSD attached to the machine. Spot nodes use network storage only, so that disk doesn't come with it. If you were using it as fast scratch space, you'd move to a persistent volume or object storage, which are slower to read.
Pricing by region
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US West, San Jose$0.191
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Remote graphics workstations and rendering
  • ●CUDA-accelerated batch jobs
  • ●Model inference and embedding generation
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 256 GiB of RAM
  • ●Jobs that want 2 × 450 GB of local NVMe scratch space
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at 25 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●The working set needs more than 256 GiB of RAM
  • ●Anything the CPU can do fast enough. GPU hours are the most expensive on the price list.
  • ●More than 8.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
  • ●The work is single-threaded. Most of these 32 vCPU would sit idle.
Rackspace Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. You pay what the market decides, not a list price.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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