is4gen.xlarge vs inf2.xlarge

Instance Typeis4gen.xlargeinf2.xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedMachine Learning ASIC
DetailsNoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory24 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Generationsinf1.xlarge, inf2.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 3750 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
is4gen.xlarge
inf2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.63750.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2889
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.63750.9098
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65500.9478
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67070.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.67070.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.67831.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.68851.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.69111.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.69111.1373
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.57630.7582
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.57630.7582
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.57630.7582
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