g5.xlarge
Amazon EC2 · G5 family
The g5.xlarge is a gpu & accelerated Amazon EC2 instance type with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, 1 × NVIDIA A10G, running on AMD EPYC 7R32 with up to 10 Gigabit networking, starting at $1.006 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 4
- memory
- 16 GiB
- gpu
- 1× A10G
- on-demand
- $1.006
- spot
- $0.5006
- 1-yr reserved
- $0.6338
dedicated
4 GiB per vCPU
24 GiB total
$734/mo · us-east-1
−50% vs on-demand
−37% vs on-demand
g5.xlarge price by region
19 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America | $1.006 | $0.5006 | $0.6338 | $0.4346 |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America | $1.006 | $0.4183 | $0.6338 | $0.4346 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America | $1.006 | $0.4461 | $0.6338 | $0.4346 |
| EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe | $1.06 | – | – | – |
| EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe | $1.067 | $0.4914 | $0.6722 | $0.4609 |
| Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America | $1.117 | $0.7573 | $0.7037 | $0.4825 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $1.123 | $0.5055 | $0.7075 | $0.4851 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1Middle East | $1.179 | $0.4596 | $0.7429 | $0.5094 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia | $1.208 | $0.5065 | $0.761 | $0.5219 |
| Middle East (UAE)me-central-1Middle East | $1.234 | $0.5008 | $0.7774 | $0.5331 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia | $1.237 | $0.5006 | $0.7793 | $0.5344 |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe | $1.258 | $0.526 | $0.7925 | $0.5435 |
| EU (London)eu-west-2Europe | $1.277 | $0.5164 | $0.8045 | $0.5517 |
| EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe | $1.277 | – | – | – |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania | $1.308 | $0.5813 | $0.824 | $0.5651 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3Asia | $1.408 | $0.4913 | $0.887 | $0.6083 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $1.459 | $0.7082 | $0.9192 | $0.6303 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Asia | $1.549 | – | $0.9757 | $0.6691 |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America | $1.71 | $0.5025 | $1.077 | $0.7387 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 4
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 4 GiB
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 7R32
- CPU vendor
- AMD
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Clock speed
- 2.8 GHz
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 250 GB NVME
- Storage detail
- 1 x 250 GB NVMe SSD
- Network
- Up to 10 Gigabit
- Peak bandwidth
- 10 Gbps
accelerators
- Model
- NVIDIA A10G
- Count
- 1
- Memory (total)
- 24 GiB
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Vendor
- NVIDIA
aws details
- API name
g5.xlarge- Family
- G5
- Category
- GPU & accelerated
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 19 (Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- US East (N. Virginia) · $1.006/hr
- Dedicated EBS throughput
- Up to 3500 Mbps
- Enhanced networking
- Yes
- Normalization size factor
- 1
- Processor features
- AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- >20%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 56%
g5.xlarge equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs g5.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | g5.xlarge | 4 | 16 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | $1.006 | – |
| Google Cloud | g2-standard-4NVIDIA L4 | 4 | 16 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA L4 | $0.7068 | -30% |
| Akamai | RTX4000 Ada x1 SmallNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada | 4 | 16 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada | $0.52 | -48% |
G5 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Accelerator | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g5.xlarge | 4 | 16 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | 250 GB NVME | $1.006 | $734 | $0.5006 | $0.6338 |
| g5.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | 450 GB NVME | $1.212 | $885 | $0.5954 | $0.7636 |
| g5.4xlarge | 16 | 64 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | 600 GB NVME | $1.624 | $1,186 | $0.7147 | $1.023 |
| g5.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | 900 GB NVME | $2.448 | $1,787 | $1.276 | $1.542 |
| g5.12xlarge | 48 | 192 GiB | 4 × NVIDIA A10G | 3.8 TB NVME | $5.672 | $4,141 | $2.469 | $3.573 |
| g5.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB | 1 × NVIDIA A10G | 1.9 TB NVME | $4.096 | $2,990 | $1.75 | $2.58 |
| g5.24xlarge | 96 | 384 GiB | 4 × NVIDIA A10G | 3.8 TB NVME | $8.144 | $5,945 | $3.955 | $5.131 |
| g5.48xlarge | 192 | 768 GiB | 8 × NVIDIA A10G | 7.6 TB NVME (2 disks) | $16.29 | $11,890 | $6.499 | $10.26 |
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g5.xlarge FAQ
How much does g5.xlarge cost?
g5.xlarge costs $1.006 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $734 per month. Across 19 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $1.006 in US East (N. Virginia) to $1.71 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.5006 per hour (50% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.6338 per hour. With Windows it costs $1.19 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does g5.xlarge have?
g5.xlarge has 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 7R32. It is a gpu & accelerated instance type in the G5 family.
What GPU does g5.xlarge have?
g5.xlarge has 1 × NVIDIA A10G with 24 GiB of accelerator memory in total.
What are the equivalents of g5.xlarge on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and instance class are on Google Cloud, g2-standard-4 (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.7068/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, RTX4000 Ada x1 Small (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.52/hour in Newark, NJ).