g5g.2xlarge vs m3.2xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.2xlargem3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGeneral purpose
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
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB30 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
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.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlarge
RDSdb.m3.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5g.2xlarge
m3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.5850
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)0.6205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68390.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69550.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75050.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77800.7320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7450
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7610
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7700
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55600.5320
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.55600.5320
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