g4ad.2xlarge vs is4gen.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.2xlargeis4gen.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceStorage optimized
DetailsMachine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

gGPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
4 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

isIOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB48 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameRadeon Pro V520
GPU ManufacturerAMD
GPUs1
GPU Memory8 GiB
GPU Total Memory8 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage300 GB NVMe SSD1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3400 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces24
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface415
IPv6 Addresses per Interface415
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.12x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
g4ad.2xlarge
is4gen.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60421.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.60421.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.63291.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67661.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.73031.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.3566
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.3770
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.3821
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.3821
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54121.1526
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54121.1526
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54121.1526
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