g3.8xlarge vs g7.8xlarge

Instance Typeg3.8xlargeg7.8xlarge
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)
3 – 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)
7 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory244 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core01
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO 4500
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs21
GPU Memory32 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlargeg7.12xlarge, g7.24xlarge, g7.2xlarge, g7.48xlarge, g7.4xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlargeg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Variantsg7e.8xlarge
SageMakerml.g7.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance StorageEBS only1x930 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps16000 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 Performance10 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces10
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.48x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
g3.8xlarge
g7.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.42004.2906
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.5080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.6400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.8320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.8500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.8580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.0680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.3400n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.28004.0862
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.28004.0862
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.28004.0862
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