im4gn.xlarge vs p2.xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.xlargep2.xlarge
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.

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
xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlargep2.16xlarge, p2.8xlarge, p2.xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance Storage1 x 1875 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
im4gn.xlarge
p2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40110.9720
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4361n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4361n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40111.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40111.3260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.41301.4650
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42201.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42211.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42211.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42681.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4338n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.36380.9000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36380.9000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.36380.9000
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