h1.8xlarge vs p3.8xlarge

Instance Typeh1.8xlargep3.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB244 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
GPUs4
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory64 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesh1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsp2.8xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units9797
Instance Storage4 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
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
h1.8xlarge
p3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.076013.2200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a13.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a14.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a14.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a15.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a16.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a16.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a16.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a16.9360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.872012.2400
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.872012.2400
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.872012.2400
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