inf1.xlarge vs p2.xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.xlargep2.xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs11
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargep2.16xlarge, p2.8xlarge, p2.xlarge
Generationsinf1.xlarge, inf2.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.61x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.xlarge
p2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.24000.9720
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2810n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24201.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25401.3260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25401.4650
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26701.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26701.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26701.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.27401.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2800n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.22800.9000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22800.9000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.22800.9000
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