g5g.2xlarge vs x8g.2xlarge
| g5g.2xlarge | x8g.2xlarge |
| GPU instance | Memory optimized |
| 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 | In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps. x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive 8 – Generation g – AWS Graviton processor 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 16 GiB | 128 GiB |
| arm64 | arm64 |
| AWS Graviton2 Processor | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| 2.5 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| 1 | 1 |
| yes | no |
| T4g | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 1 | |
| 16 GiB | |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| g5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge | x8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge |
| g5.2xlarge | x8i.2xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 4500 MBps | up to 10240 MBps |
| 2375 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 296.875 Mbps | 312.5 Mbps |
| 12000 IOPS | 12000 IOPS |
| 20000 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 4750 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 593.75 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 15 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.34x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g5g.2xlarge | x8g.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Spain) (eu-south-2) | 0.6205 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.6839 | 0.8898 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.6955 | 0.9360 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.7505 | 0.9379 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.7780 | 1.0924 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.7816 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.5560 | 0.7816 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.5560 | 0.7816 |