p2.8xlarge vs p3.8xlarge

Instance Typep2.8xlargep3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGPU instance
DetailsGPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

pPerformance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

pPerformance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory488 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.7 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameV100
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs84
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory64 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory64 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesp2.16xlarge, p2.8xlarge, p2.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsp2.8xlarge, p3.8xlargep2.8xlarge, p3.8xlarge
SageMakerml.p3.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units9797
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.43x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
p2.8xlarge
p3.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.776013.2200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)8.640013.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)10.608014.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)11.720014.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)12.336015.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)12.336016.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)13.744016.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)13.744016.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a16.9360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.200012.2400
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)7.200012.2400
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.200012.2400
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