g5g.2xlarge vs r8gd.2xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.2xlarger8gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceMemory 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
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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.xlarger8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 475 NVMe SSD
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 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g5g.2xlarge
r8gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.3802
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)0.6205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68390.5878
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.6765
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.6858
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.6899
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.6902
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7062
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.7062
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.7062
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.7065
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69550.6038
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.7145
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.7757
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.7769
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.9308
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75050.6206
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77800.6393
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.6532
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.6532
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.6614
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5878
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55600.5878
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.5560n/a
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