x8g.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typex8g.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsIn-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Variantsx8i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
x8g.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.88983.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.93603.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.93793.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.09243.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a3.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.78163.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.78163.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.78163.0600
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