diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
index 59011249edfa7..c43ef29fbfd0b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class EksClusterStack extends Stack {
 
     this.assertNodeGroupCustomAmi();
 
+    this.assertNodeGroupGpu();
+
     this.assertSimpleManifest();
 
     this.assertManifestWithoutValidation();
@@ -277,6 +279,19 @@ class EksClusterStack extends Stack {
       nodeRole: this.cluster.defaultCapacity ? this.cluster.defaultCapacity.role : undefined,
     });
   }
+  private assertNodeGroupGpu() {
+    // add a GPU nodegroup
+    this.cluster.addNodegroupCapacity('extra-ng-gpu', {
+      instanceTypes: [
+        new ec2.InstanceType('p2.xlarge'),
+        new ec2.InstanceType('g5.xlarge'),
+        new ec2.InstanceType('g6e.xlarge'),
+      ],
+      minSize: 1,
+      // reusing the default capacity nodegroup instance role when available
+      nodeRole: this.cluster.defaultCapacity ? this.cluster.defaultCapacity.role : undefined,
+    });
+  }
   private assertSpotCapacity() {
     // spot instances (up to 10)
     this.cluster.addAutoScalingGroupCapacity('spot', {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
index c1c0cc9232a38..974c27019ed26 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
@@ -612,11 +612,11 @@ const gpuAmiTypes: NodegroupAmiType[] = [
  * This function check if the instanceType is GPU instance.
  * @param instanceType The EC2 instance type
  */
-function isGpuInstanceType(instanceType: InstanceType): boolean {
+export function isGpuInstanceType(instanceType: InstanceType): boolean {
   //compare instanceType to known GPU InstanceTypes
   const knownGpuInstanceTypes = [InstanceClass.P2, InstanceClass.P3, InstanceClass.P3DN, InstanceClass.P4DE, InstanceClass.P4D,
-    InstanceClass.G3S, InstanceClass.G3, InstanceClass.G4DN, InstanceClass.G4AD, InstanceClass.G5, InstanceClass.G5G,
-    InstanceClass.INF1, InstanceClass.INF2];
+    InstanceClass.G3S, InstanceClass.G3, InstanceClass.G4DN, InstanceClass.G4AD, InstanceClass.G5, InstanceClass.G5G, InstanceClass.G6,
+    InstanceClass.G6E, InstanceClass.INF1, InstanceClass.INF2];
   return knownGpuInstanceTypes.some((c) => instanceType.sameInstanceClassAs(InstanceType.of(c, InstanceSize.LARGE)));
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/test/nodegroup.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/test/nodegroup.test.ts
index 5bcebbc21082a..8a4e2c02a1024 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/test/nodegroup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/test/nodegroup.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as cdk from '../../core';
 import * as cxapi from '../../cx-api';
 import * as eks from '../lib';
-import { NodegroupAmiType, TaintEffect } from '../lib';
+import { isGpuInstanceType, NodegroupAmiType, TaintEffect } from '../lib';
 
 /* eslint-disable max-len */
 
@@ -617,8 +617,8 @@ describe('node group', () => {
     new eks.Nodegroup(stack, 'Nodegroup', {
       cluster,
       instanceTypes: [
-        new ec2.InstanceType('p3.large'),
-        new ec2.InstanceType('g3.large'),
+        new ec2.InstanceType('g6e.large'),
+        new ec2.InstanceType('g5.large'),
       ],
     });
 
@@ -1735,3 +1735,38 @@ describe('node group', () => {
     expect(() => cluster.addNodegroupCapacity('ng', { maxUnavailablePercentage: 101 })).toThrow(/maxUnavailablePercentage must be between 1 and 100/);
   });
 });
+
+describe('isGpuInstanceType', () => {
+  it('should return true for known GPU instance types', () => {
+    const gpuInstanceTypes = [
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.P2, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G3, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.P4D, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G6, ec2.InstanceSize.MEDIUM),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G6E, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE2),
+    ];
+    gpuInstanceTypes.forEach(instanceType => {
+      expect(isGpuInstanceType(instanceType)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+  it('should return false for non-GPU instance types', () => {
+    const nonGpuInstanceTypes = [
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.T3, ec2.InstanceSize.MICRO),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.M5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.C5, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE),
+    ];
+    nonGpuInstanceTypes.forEach(instanceType => {
+      expect(isGpuInstanceType(instanceType)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+  it('should return true for different sizes of GPU instance types', () => {
+    const gpuInstanceTypes = [
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G6, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G6, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE16),
+      ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.G6, ec2.InstanceSize.XLARGE48),
+    ];
+    gpuInstanceTypes.forEach(instanceType => {
+      expect(isGpuInstanceType(instanceType)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+});