inf1.xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
xlarge – 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
vCPUs48
Memory8 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs11
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsinf1.xlarge, inf2.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.87x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.xlarge
g2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.24000.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2810n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24200.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25400.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25400.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26700.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26701.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2800n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2280n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22800.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.22800.6500
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