g4ad.8xlarge vs inf2.8xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.8xlargeinf2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceMachine Learning ASIC
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
8xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs21
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory16 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.8xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1200 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput3000 MBps10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4ad.8xlarge
inf2.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.93602.1647
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.3454
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.93602.4598
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.02802.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.16802.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.34002.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.9518
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.73401.9679
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.73401.9679
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.73401.9679
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