i4g.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge

Instance Typei4g.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGPU instance
DetailsNoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi4g.16xlarge, i4g.2xlarge, i4g.4xlarge, i4g.8xlarge, i4g.large, i4g.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsi4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsi4i.2xlargeg5g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.2xlarge
OpenSearchi4g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 1875 SSD1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS3500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.10x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
i4g.2xlarge
g5.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68081.2771
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.5758
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6963
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7578
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.8660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.0602
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.68081.2855
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.74051.3457
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.74051.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.98641.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.4554
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.4903
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.5156
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61781.2120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61781.2120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.61781.2120
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