g5g.2xlarge vs i8g.2xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.2xlargei8g.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)
5 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlargei8g.12xlarge, i8g.16xlarge, i8g.24xlarge, i8g.2xlarge, i8g.48xlarge, i8g.4xlarge, i8g.8xlarge, i8g.large, i8g.metal-24xl, i8g.metal-48xl, i8g.xlarge
Generationsi4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlargei8ge.2xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1875GB
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.20x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5g.2xlarge
i8g.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)0.6205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68390.7176
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8184
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69550.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75050.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77800.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7788
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7964
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7964
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8052
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8052
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6864
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55600.6864
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.55600.6864
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