g4ad.2xlarge vs m3.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.2xlargem3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGeneral purpose
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
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB30 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
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.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlarge
RDSdb.m3.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage300 GB NVMe SSD2 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3400 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces24
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface430
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4ad.2xlarge
m3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.5850
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60420.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.60420.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.63290.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67660.7320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.73030.7450
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7610
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7700
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5412n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54120.5320
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54120.5320
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