g2.8xlargevsg3.8xlarge

g3.8xlarge is 12% cheaper than g2.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $233.60 a month.

At a glanceg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
On-demand$2.60/hr$2.28/hr12% less
Size32 vCPUs, 60 GiB32 vCPUs, 244 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optiong2.8xlargeg3.8xlargeg3.8xlarge vs g2.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.60$2.28▼ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted—58% off$0.9581—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g2.8xlarge leads
GPUs4 vs 2
2× higher
Clock speed2.6 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
13% higher
Where g3.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.28 vs $2.60 per hour
12% cheaper
Memory (GiB)244 vs 60
4.1× higher

Specs

13 of 17 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 6 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock speed2.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
ECU10497
Memory1 of 1 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)60244
Accelerators3 of 3 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
GPUs42
GPU–2 × NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU memory–16 GB
Networking1 of 1 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
NetworkHigh10 Gigabit
Storage2 of 2 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
Storage2 x 120 SSDEBS only
EBS throughput–7000 Mbps
Instance details2 of 4 differg2.8xlargeg3.8xlarge
Familyg2g3
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor6464

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for g2.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong2.8xlargeg3.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.60$2.28▼ 12%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.60$2.28▼ 12%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.808$2.42▼ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.808$3.068▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.088$2.85▼ 8%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.592$2.84▼ 21%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.592$3.508▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.592$3.16▼ 12%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.00$3.34▼ 17%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.