inf1.2xlarge vs im4gn.2xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.2xlargeim4gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICStorage optimized
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.2xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.86x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.2xlarge
im4gn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.38100.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44600.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.45300.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38500.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40300.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40300.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42300.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42400.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42400.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.43500.8535
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44400.8675
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.36200.7276
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36200.7276
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.36200.7276
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