g4dn.16xlarge vs im4gn.16xlarge

Instance Typeg4dn.16xlargeim4gn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceStorage optimized
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
16xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Variantsg4ad.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.16xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage900 GB NVMe SSD4 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps38000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces415
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1550
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1550
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
g4dn.16xlarge
im4gn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.61706.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.35306.9773
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.44006.9773
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.4860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.4860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.6590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.7740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)5.8750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.8750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)6.0890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)6.7020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.79106.4177
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)7.3970n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.83206.4177
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.85306.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.08806.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)5.09206.7535
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)5.09506.7535
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)5.22206.8281
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.33806.9400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.35205.8207
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.35205.8207
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.35205.8207
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