AWS F1 instance types

F1 is a gpu & accelerated Amazon EC2 family with 3 instance types, from 8 – 64 vCPUs and 122 GiB – 976 GiB of memory with Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P accelerators, running on Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell). Linux on demand starts at $1.65 per hour.

gpu & acceleratedx86-64

sizes: 3
vCPUs: 8 – 64
memory: 122 GiB – 976 GiB
accelerator: Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P
on-demand from: $1.65

Compare sizes

F1 sizes and prices

Linux, hourly, US East (N. Virginia) (other regions on each size's page)

Size	vCPU	Memory	Accelerator	Local storage	On-demand	Monthly	Spot
f1.2xlarge	8	122 GiB	1 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P	470 GB NVME	$1.65	$1,205	$0.6519
f1.4xlarge	16	244 GiB	2 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P	940 GB NVME	$3.30	$2,409	$1.272
f1.16xlarge	64	976 GiB	8 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P	3.8 TB NVME (4 disks)	$13.20	$9,636	$5.179

Other gpu & accelerated families on AWS

Dl1 1 Dl2q 1 F2 3 G3 3 G3s 1 G4ad 5 G4dn 7 G5 8 G5g 6 G6 8 G6e 8 G6f 4 G7 6 G7e 6 Gr6 2 Gr6f 1 Inf1 4 Inf2 4 P2 3 P3 3 P3dn 1 P4d 1 P4de 1 P5 2 P5e 1 P5en 1 P6-b200 1 P6-b300 1 Trn1 2 Trn1n 1

F1 FAQ

What sizes does the AWS F1 family have?

F1 has 3 instance types, from f1.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 122 GiB) to f1.16xlarge (64 vCPU, 976 GiB). They run on Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell).

What is the cheapest F1 instance type?

f1.2xlarge at $1.65 per hour (Linux, on demand) in US East (N. Virginia), about $1,205 per month.

What is F1 best for?

F1 is a gpu & accelerated family. GPUs and AI accelerators for training, inference, rendering and video.