g6.4xlarge vs g5.4xlarge

Instance Typeg6.4xlargeg5.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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
Generationsg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlargeg3.4xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g7.4xlarge
Variantsg6e.4xlarge, g6f.4xlargeg5g.4xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.4xlargeml.g5.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 600 GB NVMe SSD1 x 600 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput8000 MBps8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth8000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1000 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance32000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance32000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth8000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1000 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.23x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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g6.4xlarge
g5.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.39421.7112
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.66782.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.66782.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.67972.1115
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.67972.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.72042.3553
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.78392.5003
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.91902.7605
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.2492n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.40341.7225
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.46921.8032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.58891.8129
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.58891.9035
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.62481.9501
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.62701.9921
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.65471.9969
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.66682.0308
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.32321.6240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.32321.6240
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.32321.6240
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