f2 EC2 instance family
AMD processor at 3.4 GHz, x86_64, 24 to 192 vCPUs, 256 to 2048 GiB, up to 8 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ (VU47P) (80 GiB each)
Prices #
| Type | vCPU | Memory | Typical spot | On-demand | Cheapest region | Per vCPU-hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2.6xlarge24 vCPU, 256 GiB | 24 | 256 GiB | $0.5171 | $2.376 | ap-southeast-2 of 8 | $0.0215 |
| f2.12xlarge48 vCPU, 512 GiB | 48 | 512 GiB | $0.9124 | $5.148 | eu-west-2 of 8 | $0.0190 |
| f2.48xlarge192 vCPU, 2048 GiB | 192 | 2048 GiB | $2.279 | $19.80 | eu-central-1 of 8 | $0.0119 |
Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.
Description #
The Amazon EC2 F2 instance family, generally available since December 11, 2024, features up to 8 AMD Virtex UltraScale+ HBM VU47P FPGAs and are the first FPGA-based instances to feature 16GB of high-bandwidth memory. They are powered by 3rd generation AMD EPYC (Milan) processors with up to 192 vCPUs and provide up to 100 Gbps of networking bandwidth. F2 instances can have up to 7.6 TiB of NVMe SSD storage and are ideal for FPGA-accelerated solutions in genomics, multimedia processing, big data, and network security/acceleration.
Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.
Specs #
| Type | vCPU | Memory | Accelerator | Local storage | Network | EBS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2.6xlarge | 24 | 256 GiB | 1 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ (VU47P) (80 GiB) | 940 GB NVMe SSD | 12.5 | 7.5 |
| f2.12xlarge | 48 | 512 GiB | 2 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ (VU47P) (80 GiB each) | 2 × 940 GB NVMe SSD | 25 | 15 |
| f2.48xlarge | 192 | 2048 GiB | 8 × Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ (VU47P) (80 GiB each) | 8 × 940 GB NVMe SSD | 100 | 60 |
Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.
Performance ranking #
Not benchmarked yet 53
These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.
Available Regions #
8 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.
Prices by region #
Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).
f2.6xlarge24 vCPU, 256 GiB, 8 regions
| Region | Typical spot | On-demand | Spot saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| ap-southeast-2 Sydney | $0.5171 | $2.376 | 78% |
| us-east-1 N. Virginia | $0.6527 | $1.980 | 67% |
| us-west-2 Oregon | $0.6688 | $1.980 | 66% |
| eu-central-1 Frankfurt | $0.8271 | $2.475 | 67% |
| eu-west-2 London | $1.011 | $2.574 | 61% |
| ca-central-1 Canada Central | no spot | $2.178 | |
| ap-northeast-2 Seoul | no spot | $2.376 | |
| ap-northeast-1 Tokyo | no spot | $2.674 |
f2.12xlarge48 vCPU, 512 GiB, 8 regions
| Region | Typical spot | On-demand | Spot saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu-west-2 London | $0.9124 | $5.148 | 82% |
| us-east-1 N. Virginia | $1.116 | $3.960 | 72% |
| eu-central-1 Frankfurt | $1.137 | $4.950 | 77% |
| us-west-2 Oregon | no spot | $3.960 | |
| ca-central-1 Canada Central | no spot | $4.356 | |
| ap-northeast-2 Seoul | no spot | $4.752 | |
| ap-southeast-2 Sydney | no spot | $4.752 | |
| ap-northeast-1 Tokyo | no spot | $5.347 |
f2.48xlarge192 vCPU, 2048 GiB, 8 regions
| Region | Typical spot | On-demand | Spot saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu-central-1 Frankfurt | $2.279 | $19.80 | 88% |
| eu-west-2 London | $2.510 | $20.59 | 88% |
| us-east-1 N. Virginia | $3.970 | $15.84 | 75% |
| us-west-2 Oregon | no spot | $15.84 | |
| ca-central-1 Canada Central | no spot | $17.42 | |
| ap-northeast-2 Seoul | no spot | $19.01 | |
| ap-southeast-2 Sydney | no spot | $19.01 | |
| ap-northeast-1 Tokyo | no spot | $21.39 |