g3.4xlarge vs g6.4xlarge

Instance Typeg3.4xlargeg6.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory122 GiB64 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
GPUs11
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlargeg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlarge
Variantsg6e.4xlarge, g6f.4xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units58
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 600 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth8000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth8000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
g3.4xlarge
g6.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.21001.3942
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.75401.6678
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.6678
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.6797
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6797
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7204
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.7839
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.9190
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.2492
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.32001.4034
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.41601.4692
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.42001.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.42501.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.42901.6248
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.53401.6270
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.58001.6547
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.67001.6668
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.14001.3232
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.14001.3232
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.14001.3232
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