HPC6A High-Performance Computing

Optimized for tightly-coupled, large-scale HPC workloads.

Name:hpcHigh Performance Computinghpc = High Performance ComputingDesigned to run tightly coupled HPC workloads and distributed simulations with high-speed 100/200/400 Gbps network fabrics.66th Generation6 = 6th GenerationAWS 6th generation HPC architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.

Common use cases

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Weather modeling
  • Genomics

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AWS High-Performance Computing: HPC6a vs HPC7g vs HPC7a

Tightly coupled clusters for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and weather forecasting

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With a 3-year Compute Savings Plan (No Upfront), hpc6a sizes on Linux in Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1) cost 35% less than the on-demand rate. Each size's page has the rates in every region. How Savings Plans are applied.

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
hpc6a.48xlarge96384 GBx86_64$2.8800