g2.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge

Instance Typeg2.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGPU instance
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
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
Memory15 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs11
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsg5g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage1 x 60 SSD1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.87x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g2.2xlarge
g5.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.7020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.70201.2771
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.5758
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6963
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7578
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.8660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.0602
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.77201.2855
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.89801.3457
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.89801.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.89801.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.00001.4554
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.4903
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.5156
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.2120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.65001.2120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.65001.2120
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