p3.16xlargeAWS Pricing, Specs & Benchmarks

The p3 family is a generation-3 GPU-accelerated (NVIDIA) line running on Intel Xeon (x86_64). p3.16xlarge provides 64 vCPUs and 488GB of RAM (a 1:8 vCPU-to-memory ratio), priced at $24.4800/hr On-Demand — about $17625.60 per month at 24×7 utilization.

GPU-accelerated (NVIDIA) instances are sized for deep-learning training, large-scale inference, HPC simulation, and any workload that scales with CUDA-enabled GPU compute. If your workload doesn't match that profile — for example, if you're running a memory-bound app on a compute-optimized instance, or a CPU-pegged batch job on a burstable t-series — you'll likely pay for capacity you can't use or run into bottlenecks you didn't anticipate. The pages for sibling families (linked further down) cover those alternatives in detail.

In the AWS instance-naming convention, the digit after the series letter is the generation — higher is newer. AWS's current-generation alternative in the same series is **p4**, which generally offers better price/performance on newer silicon; if you're spinning up a new workload it's usually worth comparing the two before committing.

Pricing varies by region (sometimes meaningfully — the gap between the cheapest and most expensive AWS region for the same SKU is often 15–30%). The regional pricing table further down shows where p3.16xlarge is cheapest today, both On-Demand and Spot. Spot pricing for p3.16xlarge is currently $6.5858/hr — roughly 73% off On-Demand — which makes the instance viable for fault-tolerant batch jobs, CI fleets, and any workload that can tolerate interruption with short notice.