Re:AWS costs every programmer should know
by Const-me on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:55AM
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GPU prices are ridiculous. You can often purchase an equally performing PC, with a GeForce GPU, for the cost of just 1-2 months of cloud rent. Also many of them bundle VGPUs with large amount of CPU and RAM, as far as I remember only Google allows custom specs, both MS and Amazon don't have custom machines for users who only need GPUs.
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I think this is more nVidia’s fault due to their Datacenter specific pricing that AWS has to abide (and then mark up).
Your GPU is not licensed in a way that allows AWS to use it.
I do agree, but the value proposition is more than simply the cost - being able to spin up GPUs on demand is extremely beneficial for a lot of projects.
Of course, once you have something in production, it might be worth considering buying your own GPUs, but really is all depends.
Its pretty useful for students or those who want to play with the tech and not sure if they will be committed to it long term. Thats a pretty big marker with all the deep learning hype.
Also you can get a couple of hundred bucks of credit from multiple providers. It was enough for me to learn and move on to getting my own gpu.
Often understated is how difficult it is to set up your local gpu for machine learning. Still haven't figured out how to connect my 8 gpus in a functional way.