g4dn.12xlarge vs g6.12xlarge

Instance Typeg4dn.12xlargeg6.12xlarge
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)
4 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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)
6 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesyes
GPU NameT4L4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIANVIDIA
GPUs44
GPU Memory16 GiB22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory64 GiB89.41 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory64 GiB96 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsg5.12xlarge, g6.12xlarge, g7.12xlarge
Variantsg6e.12xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.12xlargeml.g6.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage900 GB NVMe SSD4 X 940 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

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g4dn.12xlarge
g6.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.15004.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.81205.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.89005.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.93105.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.93105.8412
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.08705.9830
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.19006.2037
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)5.28106.6737
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.28107.8218
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)5.4740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)6.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.30604.8806
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)6.6490n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.34305.1093
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.36205.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.57405.5256
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.57705.6505
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.58005.6582
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.69405.7543
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.79805.7966
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.91204.6016
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.91204.6016
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.91204.6016
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