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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUyesyes
GPU NameT4gRadeon Pro V520
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIAAMD
GPUs12
GPU Memory16 GiB8 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB16 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 Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps3000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 Gigabit15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
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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