c8a.4xlarge vs g3.4xlarge

Instance Typec8a.4xlargeg3.4xlarge
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
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)
3 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB122 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 Memory8 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.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargeg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlarge
Variantsc8g.4xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8ine.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units58
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 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 Interfaces8
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 Diff1.00x1.50x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.4xlarge
g3.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.92491.2100
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.7540
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.92501.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.98391.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.08531.4200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.4250
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.4290
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.5340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.5800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.6700
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.86221.1400
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.86221.1400
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.86221.1400
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