g5g.2xlarge vs f1.2xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.2xlargef1.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceFPGA
DetailsMachine 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlargef1.16xlarge, f1.2xlarge, f1.4xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 470 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBps1700 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.74x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5g.2xlarge
f1.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)n/a1.7340
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)0.6205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68391.8150
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69551.9060
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75051.9800
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77801.9810
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55601.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.55601.6500
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