g3.4xlarge vs x2iedn.4xlarge
| g3.4xlarge | x2iedn.4xlarge |
| GPU instance | Memory optimized |
| 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 4xlarge – Size | In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps. x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive 2 – Generation i – Intel processor e – Extra storage or memory d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized 4xlarge – Size |
| 16 | 16 |
| 122 GiB | 512 GiB |
| n/a | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) |
| 3.5 GHz | |
| 0 | 2 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| 8 GiB | |
| no | no |
| g3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge | x2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge |
| g3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge | |
| x2gd.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge | |
| db.x2iedn.4xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 58 | |
| EBS only | 1 x 475 NVMe SSD |
| default | |
| supported | |
| required | |
| 3500 MBps | up to 20000 MBps |
| 10000 Mbps | |
| 1250 Mbps | |
| 32500 IOPS | |
| 65000 IOPS | |
| 20000 Mbps | |
| 2500 Mbps | |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 25 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | |
| 1 | |
| 30 | |
| 30 | |
| no | yes |
| required | |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 3.07x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g3.4xlarge | x2iedn.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 1.2100 | 3.4405 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 1.7540 | 4.2015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 4.2015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 4.3350 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 4.3517 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 4.3517 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 4.6685 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 4.7620 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 4.8353 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 4.8353 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 4.8353 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.3200 | 3.4405 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 4.8353 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 4.8353 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 4.8355 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 5.1354 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 6.5025 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.4160 | 3.6680 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.4200 | 3.8029 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 1.4250 | 4.0015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.4290 | 4.0015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.5340 | 4.0015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 1.5800 | 4.0015 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 1.6700 | 4.2001 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 1.1400 | 3.3345 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 1.1400 | 3.3345 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 1.1400 | 3.3345 |