g4dn.12xlarge vs g3.16xlarge

Instance Typeg4dn.12xlargeg3.16xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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)
3 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory192 GiB488 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs44
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory64 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory64 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance Storage900 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4dn.12xlarge
g3.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.15004.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.81207.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.8900n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.9310n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.9310n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.0870n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.1900n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)5.2810n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.2810n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)5.4740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)6.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.30605.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)6.6490n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.34305.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.36205.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.57405.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.57705.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.58006.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.69406.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.79806.6800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.91204.5600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.91204.5600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.91204.5600
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