g5.16xlarge
Amazon EC2 G5 instances are the latest generation of NVIDIA GPU-based instances that can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases.
The g5.16xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
Last updated at Sat May 23 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Memory | 256 GiB |
| Physical Processor | AMD EPYC 7R32 |
| Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU | 1 |
| GPU Memory | 24 GB |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | 25 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD |
| EBS Throughput | 16000 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | g5.16xlarge |
| Family | GPU instance |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| g5.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
| g5.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
| g5.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
| g5.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
| g5.12xlarge | 48 | 192 |
| g5.16xlarge | 64 | 256 |
| g5.24xlarge | 96 | 384 |
| g5.48xlarge | 192 | 768 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| m8a.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB |
| m8gn.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB |
| m8gb.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB |
| m8g.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB |
| m8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB |
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