g5.8xlargevsg5g.8xlarge

g5g.8xlarge is 44% cheaper than g5.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $785.48 a month. They use different processor architectures (x86_64 and arm64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glanceg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
On-demand$2.448/hr$1.372/hr44% less
Lowest rate$0.8379/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.5706/hr32% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturex86_64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiong5.8xlargeg5g.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge vs g5.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.448$1.372▼ 44%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.837958% off$0.5706▼ 32%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.54237% off$0.8644▼ 44%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.05857% off$0.5927▼ 44%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$1.92821% off$1.081▼ 44%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment46% off$1.32246% off$0.7409▼ 44%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g5.8xlarge leads
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
2.1× higher
Memory (GiB)128 vs 64
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth16,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
68% higher
GPU memory24 GB vs 16 GB
50% higher
Where g5g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.372 vs $2.448 per hour
44% cheaper
Physical cores32 vs 16
2× higher
Max EBS volumes26 vs 25
4% higher

Specs

28 of 44 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1632
Threads per core21
Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton2 Processor
CPU makerAMDAWS
Clock speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2–
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)12864
Accelerators2 of 3 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
GPUs11
GPU1 × NVIDIA A10G1 × NVIDIA T4g
GPU memory24 GB16 GB
Networking4 of 8 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
Network25 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
Storage1 x 900 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
Local disks1 × 900 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput16000 Mbps9500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth16,000 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth16,000 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,000 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,000 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS65,00040,000
EBS max IOPS65,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2526
Instance details3 of 10 differg5.8xlargeg5g.8xlarge
Familyg5g5g
CategoryGPU instanceGPU instance
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor2.4333996023.266666667
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for g5.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong5.8xlargeg5g.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.448$1.372▼ 44%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.448$1.372▼ 44%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.579$1.531▼ 41%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.01$1.688▼ 44%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.061$1.716▼ 44%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.55$1.852▼ 48%

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