a1.2xlarge vs trn1.2xlarge
| a1.2xlarge | trn1.2xlarge |
| General purpose | Machine Learning ASIC |
| Obsolete. 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 | Machine Learning (ML) training trn – AWS Trainium 1 – Generation 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) |
| 2.3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| 32 GiB | |
| no | no |
| a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge | trn1.2xlarge, trn1.32xlarge |
| ml.trn1.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | 1 x 475 NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3500 MBps | up to 20480 MBps |
| 1750 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 218.75 Mbps | 625 Mbps |
| 10000 IOPS | 16250 IOPS |
| 20000 IOPS | 65000 IOPS |
| 3500 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| 437.5 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | 12500 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 5.94x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a1.2xlarge | trn1.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.2040 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2040 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2304 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2328 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2352 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2568 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2664 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.2040 | 1.3438 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2040 | 1.3438 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 1.3438 |