a1.4xlarge vs g5.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargeg5.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
5 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlarge
Variantsg5g.4xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 600 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.41x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
g5.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40801.7112
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.1115
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.3553
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.5003
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.7605
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46081.7225
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46561.8032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47041.8129
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51361.9035
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53281.9501
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.9921
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.9969
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.0308
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40801.6240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40801.6240
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.6240
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