inf1.2xlarge vs g4ad.2xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.2xlargeg4ad.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
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
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs11
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory8 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargeg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only300 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBpsup to 3000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.39x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.2xlarge
g4ad.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.38100.6042
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4460n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38500.6042
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40300.6329
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40300.6766
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42300.7303
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4440n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.36200.5412
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36200.5412
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.36200.5412
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