g6.16xlarge vs g3.16xlarge

Instance Typeg6.16xlargeg3.16xlarge
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)
6 – 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 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs14
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlargeg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
Variantsg6e.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance Storage2 x 940 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps14000 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 Performance25 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces15
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

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g6.16xlarge
g3.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.57914.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.28157.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.2815n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.3118n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.3118n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.4165n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.5794n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.9264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.7739n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.60285.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.77165.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.07895.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.07895.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.17105.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.17686.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.24776.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.27896.6800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.39684.5600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.39684.5600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.39684.5600
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