g3.16xlarge vs g6.12xlarge

Instance Typeg3.16xlargeg6.12xlarge
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)
3 – 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)
6 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs6448
Memory488 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs44
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory89.41 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB96 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlargeg5.12xlarge, g6.12xlarge, g7.12xlarge
Variantsg6e.12xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance StorageEBS only4 X 940 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput14000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g3.16xlarge
g6.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.84004.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)7.01605.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a5.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a5.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.9830
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.2037
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a6.6737
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a7.8218
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.28004.8806
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.66405.1093
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.68005.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.70005.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)5.71605.6505
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.13605.6582
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.32005.7543
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)6.68005.7966
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.56004.6016
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.56004.6016
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.56004.6016
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