g6.8xlarge vs g3.8xlarge

Instance Typeg6.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
6 – Generation
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
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB244 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
GPUs12
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlargeg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Variantsg6e.8xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance Storage2 x 450 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput16000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance64000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance64000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
g6.8xlarge
g3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.12252.4200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.53903.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.5390n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.5571n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.5571n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.6191n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.7157n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.9215n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.4241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.13662.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.23672.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.41892.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.41892.8500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.47362.8580
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.47703.0680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.51903.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.53753.3400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.01442.2800
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.01442.2800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.01442.2800
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