z1d.xlarge vs inf2.xlarge

Instance Typez1d.xlargeinf2.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMachine Learning ASIC
DetailsHigh memory and compute applications; suitable for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and certain relational database workloads.

z – Zippy / Compute and memory optimized
1 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8151AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed4 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesz1d.12xlarge, z1d.2xlarge, z1d.3xlarge, z1d.6xlarge, z1d.large, z1d.metal, z1d.xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Generationsinf1.xlarge, inf2.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.xlarge
RDSdb.z1d.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units23
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2333 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6667 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 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 Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.34x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
z1d.xlarge
inf2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.39200.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2889
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.41600.9098
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.42200.9478
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.43900.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.45000.9857
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.45001.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.45201.0615
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.45201.1373
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.45401.1373
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.37200.7582
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.37200.7582
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.37200.7582
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.