g5.8xlarge vs g2.8xlarge

Instance Typeg5.8xlargeg2.8xlarge
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)
5 – Generation
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB60 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs14
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlargeg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Variantsg5g.8xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units104
Instance Storage1 x 900 GB NVMe SSD2 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput16000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.06x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5.8xlarge
g2.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a2.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.57942.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.1075n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.1075n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.1829n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.4262n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.5503n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.7689n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.1611n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.59643.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.71813.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.73273.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.86933.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.93964.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.0028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.0101n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.0612n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.4480n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.44802.6000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.44802.6000
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