c8a.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typec8a.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGPU instance
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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 Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface40
IPv6 Addresses per Interface40
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x7.86x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46243.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46253.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49203.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.54263.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a3.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.43113.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43113.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.43113.0600
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