g4ad.xlarge vs inf2.xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.xlargeinf2.xlarge
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
xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs11
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory8 GiB32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Generationsinf1.xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage150 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g4ad.xlarge
inf2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.42260.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2889
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.42260.9098
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44270.9478
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47330.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51080.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.1373
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.37850.7582
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.37850.7582
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.37850.7582
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