h1.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typeh1.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGPU instance
DetailsAmazon EMR workloads, distributed file systems (HDFS, MapR-FS), network file systems, log/data processing apps (like Apache Kafka), and big data clusters.

h – HDD / hard disk throughput optimized
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesh1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units3131
Instance Storage1 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1750 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x7.60x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
h1.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51903.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a3.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a3.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a3.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a3.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.46803.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46803.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.46803.0600
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