Re:New EC2 Instance Types of re:Invent 2021
by tyingq on Sunday December 05, 2021 @12:11PM
(#29450779)
The parent seemed to be specifically calling out Intel spot instances.
The key part being the cheapest available Graviton and Intel spot instances:
a1/32gb/16vcpu (early graviton) @ 8c and
versus:
M5zn/48gb/12vcpu (late Intel) @ 12c
Perhaps that will change as Graviton ages and availability changes.
Re:New EC2 Instance Types of re:Invent 2021
by windexh8er on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @12:47PM
(#29475753)
> https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-ec...
Fair enough - I was trying to provide some data showing that Graviton is on par and exceeds cost/performance value in some cases.
> Perhaps that will change as Graviton ages and availability changes.
Graviton isn't standing still - AWS bought Annapura labs in 2015, so while older versions of Graviton will obviously shift left in terms of it's value, AWS is going to continue to push in that direction. Graviton 3 was recently announced [0].
[0] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-ec...
Re:New EC2 Instance Types of re:Invent 2021
by ant6n on Sunday December 05, 2021 @01:09PM
(#29451285)
Mmh. Based on that Anandtech article, I guess the graviton2 cpus are actually similar in performance to intel ones. But still, my spot instance searches (especially also taking into account interruption frequencies), prices seem a bit of a wash. It doesn't look like Graviton is 40% cheaper. This may be different for on-demand or reserved pricing.
Intel instances are significantly more expensive when considering the cost for performance. In fact it's not even close [0].
[0] https://www.anandtech.com/show/15578/cloud-clash-amazon-grav...