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a1.xlarge vs g6f.xlarge

Instance Typea1.xlargeg6f.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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)
6 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs0.125
GPU Memory2.79 GiB
GPU Total Memory2.79 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory3 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargeg6f.2xlarge, g6f.4xlarge, g6f.large, g6f.xlarge
Variantsg6.xlarge, g6e.xlarge
SageMakerml.g6f.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 100 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps625 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 Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.53x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.xlarge
g6f.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10200.2519
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4037
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11520.2637
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11640.2672
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11760.2852
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12840.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.13320.2970
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3015
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3088
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3444
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.10200.2375
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10200.2375
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2375
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