c8gn.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge

Instance Typec8gn.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – 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)
5 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlargeg5g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.2xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c8gn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS3500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50 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 Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.71x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gn.2xlarge
g5.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4736n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.4626n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.4626n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.47401.2771
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.53541.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.53981.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.54421.5758
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.54421.6963
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.56181.7578
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.56621.8660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.57062.0602
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5706n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5886n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.5925n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.47401.2855
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.5948n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.5969n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.6186n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.6189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.6276n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.6373n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.7286n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.47401.3457
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47401.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.50911.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.51791.4554
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.51791.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.53501.4903
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.53541.5156
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.2120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a1.2120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.2120
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