g4ad.8xlarge vs g3.8xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

gGPU (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.

gGPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
3 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameRadeon Pro V520
GPU ManufacturerAMD
GPUs22
GPU Memory8 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge
Variantsg4dn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance Storage1200 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.43x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
g4ad.8xlarge
g3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.93602.4200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.93602.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.02802.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.16802.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.34002.8500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.8580
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a3.0680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a3.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.3400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.73402.2800
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.73402.2800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.73402.2800
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