g4ad.xlarge vs g3s.xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.xlargeg3s.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB30.5 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
GPUs11
GPU Memory8 GiB
GPU Total Memory8 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB8 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeg3s.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage150 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBps100 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth400 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput50 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.09x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
g4ad.xlarge
g3s.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.42260.7960
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.42260.8680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44270.9340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47330.9380
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51080.9400
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1540
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.37850.7500
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.37850.7500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.37850.7500
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