g3s.xlarge vs i2.xlarge
| g3s.xlarge | i2.xlarge |
| GPU instance | Storage optimized |
| 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 xlarge – Size | Obsolete. Not recommended for use NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks. i – IOPS / storage optimized 2 – Generation xlarge – Size |
| 4 | 4 |
| 30.5 GiB | 30.5 GiB |
| n/a | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) | Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge) |
| 2.5 GHz | |
| 0 | 2 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| 8 GiB | |
| no | no |
| g3s.xlarge | i2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge |
| i2.xlarge, i3.xlarge, i4i.xlarge, i7i.xlarge | |
| i2.xlarge.search | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 13 | 14 |
| EBS only | 1 x 800 SSD |
| supported | |
| supported | |
| unsupported | |
| 100 MBps | 750 MBps |
| 500 Mbps | |
| 62.5 Mbps | |
| 4000 IOPS | |
| 4000 IOPS | |
| 500 Mbps | |
| 62.5 Mbps | |
| 10 Gigabit | Moderate |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| 15 | |
| no | yes |
| unsupported | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.07x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g3s.xlarge | i2.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.7960 | 0.9380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.8680 | 0.9380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.9340 | 0.9670 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.9380 | 1.0010 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.9400 | 1.0010 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.0400 | 1.0130 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.1540 | 1.0180 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 1.0180 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 1.0230 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.7500 | 0.8530 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.7500 | 0.8530 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.7500 | 0.8530 |