inf1.6xlarge vs g3.8xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.6xlargeg3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
6xlarge – 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
vCPUs2432
Memory48 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs42
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count4
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargeg3.16xlarge, g3.4xlarge, g3.8xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.6xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.96x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.6xlarge
g3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.24102.4200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.45303.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.5940n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.5940n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.8190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.9500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.25402.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.31502.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.31502.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.37902.8500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.38202.8580
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.38203.0680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.41803.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.44703.3400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.18002.2800
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.18002.2800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.18002.2800
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