r4.2xlarge vs g5g.2xlarge

Instance Typer4.2xlargeg5g.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
4 – Generation
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory61 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr4.16xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r4.8xlarge, r4.large, r4.xlargeg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge
Generationsr3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlarge
RDSdb.r4.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r4.2xlarge
OpenSearchr4.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r4.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1600 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1700 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput212.5 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance12000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1700 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput212.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r4.2xlarge
g5g.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)n/a0.6205
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.54800.6839
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.6400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.6400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.6400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.58400.6955
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.59280.7505
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59280.7780
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.6240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.6384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.6384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.6400n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5320n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.53200.5560
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.53200.5560
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