g4dn.2xlarge vs i3en.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4dn.2xlargei3en.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
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.xlargei3en.12xlarge, i3en.24xlarge, i3en.2xlarge, i3en.3xlarge, i3en.6xlarge, i3en.large, i3en.metal, i3en.xlarge
Variantsg4ad.2xlargei3.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.2xlargeml.i3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance Storage225 GB NVMe SSD2 x 2500 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps2307 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps288.3875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces34
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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g4dn.2xlarge
i3en.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.79800.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.92501.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.94001.0280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.94801.0280
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.94801.0490
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.97801.0500
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.99801.0520
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.01501.0520
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.01501.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.05201.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.15801.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.82800.9490
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.27801.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.0840
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.0840
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.0840
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.0840
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.0950
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.83500.9580
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.1880
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.1880
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.1930
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a1.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.83800.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.87900.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.88001.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.88001.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.90201.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.92201.0000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.75200.9040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.75200.9040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.75200.9040
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