g6.8xlarge vs g4dn.8xlarge

Instance Typeg6.8xlargeg4dn.8xlarge
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)
6 – Generation
8xlarge – 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)
4 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesyes
GPU NameL4T4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIANVIDIA
GPUs11
GPU Memory22.35 GiB16 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlargeg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge
Generationsg2.8xlarge, g3.8xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Variantsg6e.8xlargeg4ad.8xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.8xlargeml.g4dn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 450 GB NVMe SSD900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput16000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth16000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2000 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance64000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance64000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth16000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2000 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

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g6.8xlarge
g4dn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.12252.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.53902.6770
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.53902.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.55712.7430
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.55712.7430
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.61912.8300
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.71572.8870
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.92152.9380
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.42412.9380
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.0450
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.3510
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.13662.3950
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.6980
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.23672.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.41892.4260
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.41892.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.47362.5460
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.47702.5470
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.51902.6110
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.53752.6690
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.01442.1760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.01442.1760
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.01442.1760
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