a1.4xlarge vs g7e.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargeg7e.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)
7 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO Server 6000
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory96 GiB
GPU Total Memory96 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory96 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargeg7e.12xlarge, g7e.24xlarge, g7e.2xlarge, g7e.48xlarge, g7e.4xlarge, g7e.8xlarge
Generationsg6e.4xlarge, g7e.4xlarge
Variantsg7.4xlarge
SageMakerml.g7e.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth8000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth8000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x12.62x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
g7e.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40804.2130
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a7.6113
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46084.9155
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46565.7677
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47045.7985
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51366.5303
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53286.7991
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a6.8496
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.8496
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a6.9491
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40803.9982
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40803.9982
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.9982
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