inf2.8xlarge vs p3.8xlarge

Instance Typeinf2.8xlargep3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICGPU instance
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – 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
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs14
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory32 GiB64 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsp2.8xlarge, p3.8xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput10240 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.69x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf2.8xlarge
p3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.164713.2200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.3454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.459813.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.558214.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.558214.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.755015.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.755016.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.951816.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.951816.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.951816.9360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.967912.2400
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.967912.2400
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.967912.2400
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