g4ad.16xlarge vs g6.12xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.16xlargeg6.12xlarge
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)
4 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – 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)
6 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs6448
Memory256 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesyes
GPU NameRadeon Pro V520L4
GPU ManufacturerAMDNVIDIA
GPUs44
GPU Memory8 GiB22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB89.41 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB96 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsg5.12xlarge, g6.12xlarge, g7.12xlarge
Variantsg4dn.16xlargeg6e.12xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2400 GB NVMe SSD4 X 940 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26667 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26667 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.44x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
g4ad.16xlarge
g6.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.87204.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a5.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a5.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a5.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.9830
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.2037
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a6.6737
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a7.8218
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.87204.8806
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.05605.1093
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.33605.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.68005.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a5.6505
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.6582
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a5.7543
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a5.7966
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.46804.6016
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.46804.6016
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.46804.6016
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