h1.2xlarge vs g4ad.2xlarge
| h1.2xlarge | g4ad.2xlarge |
| Storage optimized | GPU instance |
| Amazon EMR workloads, distributed file systems (HDFS, MapR-FS), network file systems, log/data processing apps (like Apache Kafka), and big data clusters. h – HDD / hard disk throughput optimized 1 – Generation 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 a – AMD processor d – Instance store volume 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) | AMD EPYC 7R32 |
| 2.3 GHz | 3 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | yes |
| Radeon Pro V520 | |
| AMD | |
| 1 | |
| 8 GiB | |
| 8 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 8 GiB | |
| no | no |
| h1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlarge | g4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlarge |
| g4dn.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 31 | |
| 1 x 2000 HDD | 300 GB NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | required |
| 1750 MBps | up to 3000 MBps |
| 1750 Mbps | 800 Mbps |
| 218.75 Mbps | 100 Mbps |
| 12000 IOPS | 3400 IOPS |
| 12000 IOPS | 13333 IOPS |
| 1750 Mbps | 3170 Mbps |
| 218.75 Mbps | 396.25 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 4 |
| 15 | 4 |
| yes | yes |
| supported | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.27x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | h1.2xlarge | g4ad.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.5190 | 0.6042 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.6042 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.6329 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.6766 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.7303 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.4680 | 0.5412 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.4680 | 0.5412 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.4680 | 0.5412 |