c8gd.2xlarge vs trn1.2xlarge

Instance Typec8gd.2xlargetrn1.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMachine Learning ASIC
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) training

trn – AWS Trainium
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gd.12xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gd.24xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gd.48xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gd.large, c8gd.medium, c8gd.metal-24xl, c8gd.metal-48xl, c8gd.xlargetrn1.2xlarge, trn1.32xlarge
Generationsc6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
SageMakerml.trn1.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD1 x 475 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 20480 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.96x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gd.2xlarge
trn1.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3886n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.3886n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.3919n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.6082n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.3919n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.4327n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4450n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4450n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4532n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4572n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4694n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4981n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.3438
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.39191.3438
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.3438
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