g4ad.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.2xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGPU instance
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)
4 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. 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
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturen/an/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Threads Per Core00
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs11
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage300 GB NVMe SSD1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
IPv6 Supportnono
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4ad.2xlarge
g2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60420.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.60420.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.63290.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67660.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.73030.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5412n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54120.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54120.6500
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