g4ad.2xlarge vs g4dn.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.2xlargeg4dn.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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)
4 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs11
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlargeg4ad.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage300 GB NVMe SSD225 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces3
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
g4ad.2xlarge
g4dn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60420.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.9250
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.9400
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.9780
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.9980
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.0150
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0150
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.0520
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.60420.8280
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2780
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.63290.8350
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67660.8380
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.73030.8790
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.9020
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.9220
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54120.7520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54120.7520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54120.7520
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