g2.8xlarge

Amazon EC2 · G2 family

The g2.8xlarge is a gpu & accelerated Amazon EC2 instance type with 32 vCPUs and 60 GiB of memory, 4 × NVIDIA GRID K520, running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) with high networking, starting at $2.60 per hour on demand.

gpu & acceleratedx86-64intelgpuprevious generation
vCPUs
32

dedicated

memory
60 GiB

1.88 GiB per vCPU

gpu
4× GRID K520

16 GiB total

on-demand
$2.60

$1,898/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
9

across 4 areas

Previous generation. AWS still sells g2.8xlarge, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar instance types below.

g2.8xlarge price by region

9 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$2.60
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$2.60
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$2.808
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$2.808
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$3.088
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$3.592
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$3.592
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$3.592
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$4.00

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
32
Memory
60 GiB
Memory per vCPU
1.88 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.6 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
240 GB SSD (2 disks)
Storage detail
2 x 120 SSD
Network
High

accelerators

Count
4
Memory (total)
16 GiB
Architecture
Kepler
Vendor
NVIDIA

aws details

API name
g2.8xlarge
Family
G2
Category
GPU & accelerated
Generation
Previous
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $2.60/hr
ECU
104
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
64
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel Turbo

G2 family sizes

all about G2→
SizevCPUMemoryAcceleratorLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
g2.2xlarge815 GiB1 × NVIDIA GRID K52060 GB SSD$0.65$475
g2.8xlarge3260 GiB4 × NVIDIA GRID K520240 GB SSD (2 disks)$2.60$1,898

g2.8xlarge FAQ

How much does g2.8xlarge cost?

g2.8xlarge costs $2.60 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $1,898 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $2.60 in US East (N. Virginia) to $4.00 in Asia Pacific (Singapore). With Windows it costs $2.878 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does g2.8xlarge have?

g2.8xlarge has 32 vCPUs and 60 GiB of memory (1.88 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge). It is a gpu & accelerated instance type in the G2 family.

What GPU does g2.8xlarge have?

g2.8xlarge has 4 × NVIDIA GRID K520 with 16 GiB of accelerator memory in total.