g2.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typeg2.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceStorage optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
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)
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory15 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarged2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsd3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage1 x 60 SSD6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g2.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.7020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.70201.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.77201.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.89801.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.89801.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.89801.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.00001.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.65000.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.65000.9990
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