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a1.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.7 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameV100
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
SageMakerml.p3.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x16.13x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20403.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23043.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23283.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23523.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25683.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26644.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20403.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20403.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.0600
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