Why Amazon EC2 G5 Instances?
Amazon EC2 G5 instances are the latest generation of NVIDIA GPU-based instances that can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases. They deliver up to 3x better performance for graphics-intensive applications and machine learning inference and up to 3.3x higher performance for machine learning training compared to Amazon EC2 G4dn instances.
Customers can use G5 instances for graphics-intensive applications such as remote workstations, video rendering, and gaming to produce high fidelity graphics in real time. With G5 instances, machine learning customers get high performance and cost-efficient infrastructure to train and deploy larger and more sophisticated models for natural language processing, computer vision, and recommender engine use cases.
G5 instances feature up to 8 NVIDIA A10G Tensor Core GPUs and second generation AMD EPYC processors. They also support up to 192 vCPUs, up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth, and up to 7.6 TB of local NVMe SSD storage.
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Instance Size | GPU | GPU Memory (GiB) | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | Storage (GB) | Network Bandwidth (Gbps) | EBS Bandwidth (Gbps) | On Demand Price/hr* | 1-yr ISP Effective Hourly (Linux) | 3-yr ISP Effective Hourly (Linux) | |
Single GPU VMs | g5.xlarge | 1 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 1x250 | Up to 10 | Up to 3.5 | $1.006 | $0.604 | $0.402 |
g5.2xlarge | 1 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 1x450 | Up to 10 | Up to 3.5 | $1.212 | $0.727 | $0.485 | |
g5.4xlarge | 1 | 24 | 16 | 64 | 1x600 | Up to 25 | 8 | $1.624 | $0.974 | $0.650 | |
g5.8xlarge | 1 | 24 | 32 | 128 | 1x900 | 25 | 16 | $2.448 | $1.469 | $0.979 | |
g5.16xlarge | 1 | 24 | 64 | 256 | 1x1900 | 25 | 16 | $4.096 | $2.458 | $1.638 | |
Multi GPU VMs | g5.12xlarge | 4 | 96 | 48 | 192 | 1x3800 | 40 | 16 | $5.672 | $3.403 | $2.269 |
g5.24xlarge | 4 | 96 | 96 | 384 | 1x3800 | 50 | 19 | $8.144 | $4.886 | $3.258 | |
g5.48xlarge | 8 | 192 | 192 | 768 | 2x3800 | 100 | 19 | $16.288 | $9.773 | $6.515 |
* Prices shown are for US East (Northern Virginia) AWS Region. Prices for 1-year and 3-year reserved instances are for "Partial Upfront" payment options or "No Upfront" for instances without the Partial Upfront option.
Customer and Partner testimonials
Here are some examples of how customers and partners have achieved their business goals with Amazon EC2 G5 instances.
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Athenascope
Athenascope uses cutting-edge developments in computer vision and artificial intelligence to analyze gameplay and automatically surface the most compelling gameplay moments to create highlight videos for gamers and content creators.
To create a seamless video experience, low latency video analysis using our CV models is a foundational goal for us. Amazon EC2 G5 instances offer a 30% improvement in price/performance over previous deployments with G4dn instances.
Chris Kirmse, CEO & Founder, Athenascope -
Netflix
Netflix is one of the world's leading streaming entertainment services with 214 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages.
With the new Amazon EC2 G5 instances, we can provision higher-end graphics workstations that offer up to 3x higher performance compared to workstations with EC2 G4dn instances. With G5 instances, content creators have the freedom to create more complex and realistic content for our viewers.
Ben Tucker, Technical Lead, Animation Production Systems Engineering, Netflix -
Varjo
For high-end VR/XR applications, Amazon EC2 G5 instances are a game-changer. We’re able to run professional applications in Varjo’s signature human-eye resolution with three times the frame rate compared to G4dn instances used before, providing our customers with never-before-seen experience quality when streaming from server.
Urho Konttori, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Varjo