g4ad.16xlarge vs p3.16xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.16xlargep3.16xlarge
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
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB488 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
GPUs48
GPU Memory8 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB128 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsp2.16xlarge, p3.16xlarge
Variantsg4dn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance Storage2400 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput6000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26667 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x7.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4ad.16xlarge
p3.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.872026.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.872026.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.056028.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.336029.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.680030.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a33.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a33.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a33.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a33.8720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.468024.4800
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.468024.4800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.468024.4800
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