Amazon EC2 G5 Instances

High performance GPU-based instances for graphics-intensive applications and machine learning inference

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.

Benefits

Features

Product details

  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.

  • 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

Getting started with G5 instances