inf1.6xlarge vs g2.8xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.6xlargeg2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
6xlarge – 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
vCPUs2432
Memory48 GiB60 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
GPUs44
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count4
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.6xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units104
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.23x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.6xlarge
g2.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a2.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.24102.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.4530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.5940n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.5940n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.8190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.9500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.25403.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.31503.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.31503.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.37903.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.38204.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.3820n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.4180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.4470n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.1800n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.18002.6000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.18002.6000
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