i3en.2xlarge vs g6.2xlarge

Instance Typei3en.2xlargeg6.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGPU instance
DetailsNoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
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)
6 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi3en.12xlarge, i3en.24xlarge, i3en.2xlarge, i3en.3xlarge, i3en.6xlarge, i3en.large, i3en.metal, i3en.xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsi3.2xlargeg6e.2xlarge, g6f.2xlarge
SageMakerml.i3en.2xlargeml.g6.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance Storage2 x 2500 NVMe SSD1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2307 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput288.3875 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

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i3en.2xlarge
g6.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.94801.0301
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.00001.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.02801.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.02801.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.04901.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.05001.2711
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.05201.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.05201.4178
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.06401.6617
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.94901.0369
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.0800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.0840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.0840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.0840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.0840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.1380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.95801.0855
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)1.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)1.1930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)1.4400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.97601.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.97601.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.00001.2004
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.00001.2021
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.00001.2225
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.00001.2315
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.90400.9776
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.90400.9776
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.90400.9776
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