g6.16xlarge vs g5.16xlarge

Instance Typeg6.16xlargeg5.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – 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)
5 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesyes
GPU NameL4A10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIANVIDIA
GPUs11
GPU Memory22.35 GiB22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlargeg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
Variantsg6e.16xlargeg5g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.16xlargeml.g5.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 940 GB NVMe SSD1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps16000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces158
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.21x

Regional Prices

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g6.16xlarge
g5.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.57914.3159
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.28155.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.28155.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.31185.3256
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.31185.7328
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.41655.9404
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.57946.3061
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.92646.9624
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.7739n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.60284.3444
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.77164.5479
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.07894.5724
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.07894.8010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.17104.9185
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.17685.0243
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.24775.0365
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.27895.1220
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.39684.0960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.39684.0960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.39684.0960
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