g5g.8xlarge vs g4ad.8xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.8xlargeg4ad.8xlarge
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)
5 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs12
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlargeg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlarge
Variantsg5.8xlargeg4dn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1200 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps3000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 Gigabit15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5g.8xlarge
g4ad.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)1.5311n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.68761.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.71631.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.85192.0280
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.91982.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.3400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.7340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37201.7340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.37201.7340
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