g4ad.8xlarge vs g3.8xlarge
| g4ad.8xlarge | g3.8xlarge |
| GPU instance | GPU instance |
| 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) 4 – Generation a – AMD processor d – Instance store volume 8xlarge – 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 8xlarge – Size |
| 32 | 32 |
| 128 GiB | 244 GiB |
| x86_64 | n/a |
| AMD EPYC 7R32 | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| 3 GHz | |
| 2 | 0 |
| yes | no |
| Radeon Pro V520 | |
| AMD | |
| 2 | 2 |
| 8 GiB | |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 16 GiB | 16 GiB |
| no | no |
| g4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlarge | g3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge |
| g2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge | |
| g4dn.8xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 97 | |
| 1200 GB NVMe SSD | EBS only |
| default | |
| supported | |
| required | |
| 3000 MBps | 7000 MBps |
| 3170 Mbps | |
| 396.25 Mbps | |
| 13333 IOPS | |
| 13333 IOPS | |
| 3170 Mbps | |
| 396.25 Mbps | |
| 15 Gigabit | 10 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| 15 | |
| yes | no |
| required | |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.43x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g4ad.8xlarge | g3.8xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 1.9360 | 2.4200 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 3.5080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.9360 | 2.6400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 2.0280 | 2.8320 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 2.1680 | 2.8400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 2.3400 | 2.8500 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 2.8580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 3.0680 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 3.1600 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 3.3400 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 1.7340 | 2.2800 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 1.7340 | 2.2800 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 1.7340 | 2.2800 |