f1.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge
| f1.2xlarge | p3.2xlarge |
| FPGA | GPU instance |
| 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 | GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated 3 – Generation 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 122 GiB | 61 GiB |
| n/a | n/a |
| Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| 0 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| f1.16xlarge, f1.2xlarge, f1.4xlarge | p3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 31 | 31 |
| 1 x 470 NVMe SSD | EBS only |
| 1700 MBps | 1750 MBps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.01x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | f1.2xlarge | p3.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1) | 1.7340 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 1.8150 | 3.3050 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.9060 | 3.3660 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.9800 | 3.5890 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.9810 | 3.6720 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 3.8230 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 4.1940 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 4.2340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 4.2340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 4.2340 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 3.0600 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 1.6500 | 3.0600 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 1.6500 | 3.0600 |
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