g5.16xlarge vs g3.16xlarge

Instance Typeg5.16xlargeg3.16xlarge
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)
5 – Generation
16xlarge – 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
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB488 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
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 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlargeg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
Variantsg5g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance Storage1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput16000 MBps14000 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 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 Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
g5.16xlarge
g3.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.31594.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.19947.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.1994n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.3256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.7328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.9404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)6.3061n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)6.9624n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.34445.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.54795.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.57245.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.80105.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.91855.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)5.02436.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)5.03656.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.12206.6800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.09604.5600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.09604.5600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.09604.5600
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